Sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) distributiοn in Northern Greece

Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease of animals and humans caused by several Leishmania species and transmitted by phlebotomine sandflies. The aim of the present study was to identify the species of field collected phlebotomine sandflies in the endemic area of the Attiki during 4 consecutive years, to isolate the Leishmania parasites from the infected sandflies, and identify possible factors associated with sandfly abundance in the area. A total of 542 trappings were made in 46 collection sites, in purely urban areas, periurban areas, and purely rural areas in Attiki. Out of the 3254 sandflies trapped, 1448 (44.43%) were female and 241 (16.64%) of the females were blood fed while Leishmania infantum DNA was detected in the 0.41% of them. Regarding sandfly species, the most prevalent was Phlebotomus tobbi (41.52%) followed by Sergentomyia minuta (27.44%), P. neglectus (14.83%), P. simici (11.08%), P. papatasi (3.68%), P. similis (0.89%), and P. alexandri (0.56%). Periurban areas were found to have the highest density of sandfly populations.

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Phlebotomine sandflies and factors associated with their abundance in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Attiki, Greece

Boutsini

Athanasiou

Spanakos

et al. 2017

Parasitol Res

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Prevalence of antibodies to phleboviruses within the sand fly fever Naples virus species in humans, northern Greece

Anagnostou

Papa

2013

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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Phleboviruses are commonly detected in the Mediterranean region. In order to estimate the seroprevalence to Toscana virus (TOSV) and TOSV-like viruses in the human population in northern Greece, we tested serum samples from 595 apparently healthy individuals aged 1-87 years (median: 45 years) for the presence of TOSV IgG antibodies. A seroprevalence of 11.26% was observed, ranging from 0% to 23.5%. Seropositivity was significantly lower in children and adults <30 years of age. The high seroprevalence (>10%) observed in several prefectures of northern Greece suggests that an important proportion of infections caused by TOSV or TOSV-like viruses may be asymptomatic or mild, and therefore underestimated. Increased awareness of physicians is needed during the summer months, when sand flies are active and have the potential to transmit phleboviruses to humans.

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Sandfly (Diptera: Psychodidae) distributiοn in Northern Greece

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Phlebotomine sandflies and factors associated with their abundance in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Attiki, Greece

Phlebotomine sandflies and factors associated with their abundance in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Attiki, Greece

Prevalence of antibodies to phleboviruses within the sand fly fever Naples virus species in humans, northern Greece

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