Sex pheromone and period gene characterization of Lutzomyia longipalpis sensu lato (Lutz &amp; Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Posadas, Argentina

Salomón, Oscar Daniel; Araki, Alejandra S.; Hamilton, James J. C.; Acardi, Soraya Alejandra; Peixoto, Alexandre A.

doi:10.1590/s0074-02762010000700016

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“…Most commonly, these markers are sequenced alone or coupled to one or two others. The most frequent are genes coding for lovesongs: period (Bauzer et al, 2002a,b;Mazzoni et al, 2002Mazzoni et al, , 2006Mazzoni et al, , 2008Araki et al, 2009;Salomon et al, 2010;Vigoder et al, 2010) and cacophony (Oliveira et al, 2001;Lins et al, 2002;Bottecchia et al, 2004;Mazzoni et al, 2008;Depaquit et al, 2014) Valderrama et al, 2014). Other markers have only been used one time each: copulatory courtship songs: , Reverse transcriptase (Booth et al, 1991), Non-LTR retrotransposons (Booth et al, 1994), para genes: , Ca1D , Rp49 , maxadilan (Yin et al, 2000) and SP15-Saliva protein (Elnaiem et al, 2005).…”

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Molecular systematics applied to Phlebotomine sandflies: Review and perspectives

Depaquit

2014

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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Molecular systematics applied to Phlebotomine sandflies: Review and perspectives

Depaquit

2014

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

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“…However, the analysis of the period gene sequences found that the populations of Argentina are significantly different from those previously studied in Northeastern and Southeastern Brazil, although it would require further studies of intermediate locations before characterizing these “southernmost” populations of Lu. longipalpis as in the way to differentiation [70]. When we applied the modeling of potential distribution to Lu.…”

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Leishmaniasis and Climate Change—Case Study: Argentina

Salomón

Quintana

Mastrángelo

et al. 2012

Journal of Tropical Medicine

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Vector-borne diseases closely associated with the environment, such as leishmaniases, have been a usual argument about the deleterious impact of climate change on public health. From the biological point of view interaction of different variables has different and even conflicting effects on the survival of vectors and the probability transmission of pathogens. The results on ecoepidemiology of leishmaniasis in Argentina related to climate variables at different scales of space and time are presented. These studies showed that the changes in transmission due to change or increase in frequency and intensity of climatic instability were expressed through changes in the probability of vector-human reservoir effective contacts. These changes of contact in turn are modulated by both direct effects on the biology and ecology of the organisms involved, as by perceptions and changes in the behavior of the human communities at risk. Therefore, from the perspective of public health and state policy, and taking into account the current nonlinear increased velocity of climate change, we concluded that discussing the uncertainties of large-scale models will have lower impact than to develop-validate mitigation strategies to be operative at local level, and compatibles with sustainable development, conservation biodiversity, and respect for cultural diversity.

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“…A total of 59 female Lu. longipalpis was captured in the city of Posadas (Misiones, Argentina) during December, 2010 (Acardi et al , Fernandez et al , Salomon et al , Santini et al , Santini et al ). Gregarine infection was observed during routine dissections, as was the case for Ps.…”

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“…The traps were located in home peridomiciles that fulfilled the “worst scenario” criteria, i.e., had a peridomestic environment that was most likely to have phlebotomine sand flies (Feliciangeli et al , Correa Antonialli et al ), and in which owners gave permission for the study to be conducted on their land. The sampling effort was carried out for other studies (Acardi et al , Fernandez et al , Salomon et al , Santini et al , Santini et al ) during December, 2010, and included 38 sampling sites that were each sampled during two consecutive nights depending on weather conditions. Sites were selected according to the previously described high and low abundance areas (Fernandez et al, ).…”

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Polymerase chain reaction-based assay for the detection and identification of sand fly gregarines inLutzomyia longipalpis, a vector of visceral leishmaniasis

Caligiuri

Acardi

Santini

et al. 2014

Journal of Vector Ecology

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Gregarines that parasitise phlebotomine sand flies belong to the genus Psychodiella and, even though they are highly hostspecific, only five species have been described to date. Their most outstanding features include the unique localisation of the oocysts in the accessory glands of the female host, which ensures contamination of the egg surface during oviposition, and the fact that they naturally parasitise the vectors of Leishmania, causal agent of leishmaniasis. The type species, Ps. chagasi, was first described in Lutzomyia longipalpis, vector of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), from Brazil. We recently reported Ps. chagasi sequences in Lu. longipalpis from Posadas (Misiones, Argentina), an endemic VL location where this gregarine had not been previously recorded. In order to analyse the incidence of Ps. chagasi infections in Lu. longipalpis from this location, the aim of this study was to develop a diagnostic assay for sand fly gregarine parasites in Lu. longipalpis. For this, we designed primers using the Ps. chagasi sequences we previously identified and performed an in vitro validation by PCR amplification of the original sand fly samples. Their specificity and sensitivity as diagnostic primers were subsequently confirmed by PCR reactions using total DNA extracted from naturally infected Lu. longipalpis from the same location (Posadas, Argentina). Journal of Vector Ecology 39 (1): 83-93. 2014.

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Sex pheromone and period gene characterization of Lutzomyia longipalpis sensu lato (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Posadas, Argentina

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Molecular systematics applied to Phlebotomine sandflies: Review and perspectives

Molecular systematics applied to Phlebotomine sandflies: Review and perspectives

Leishmaniasis and Climate Change—Case Study: Argentina

Polymerase chain reaction-based assay for the detection and identification of sand fly gregarines inLutzomyia longipalpis, a vector of visceral leishmaniasis

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