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Leishmania proteophosphoglycans regurgitated from infected sand flies accelerate dermal wound repair and exacerbate leishmaniasis via insulin-like growth factor 1-dependent signalling by Giraud, Emilie, Lestinova, Tereza, Derrick, Tamsyn, Martin, Oihane, Dillon, Rod J, Volf, Petr, Műller, Ingrid, Bates, Paul A, Rogers, Matthew E

“…Leishmania parasites are transmitted to vertebrate hosts by female phlebotomine sand flies as they bloodfeed by lacerating the upper capillaries of the dermis…”
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Reactive oxygen species scavenging by catalase is important for female Lutzomyia longipalpis fecundity and mortality by Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Mitford, Roanna, Genta, Fernando A, Sant'Anna, Mauricio R V, Dillon, Rod J

“…The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), the disseminated and most serious form…”
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Digestion of Yeasts and Beta-1,3-Glucanases in Mosquito Larvae: Physiological and Biochemical Considerations by Souza, Raquel Santos, Diaz-Albiter, Hector Manuel, Dillon, Vivian Maureen, Dillon, Rod J, Genta, Fernando Ariel

“…Aedes aegypti larvae ingest several kinds of microorganisms. In spite of studies regarding mosquito digestion, little is known about the nutritional…”
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Response to thermal and infection stresses in an American vector of visceral leishmaniasis by Martins, Kelsilandia Aguiar, Morais, Caroline S., Broughton, Susan J., Lazzari, Claudio R., Bates, Paul A., Pereira, Marcos H., Dillon, Rod J.

“…Lutzomyia longipalpis is known as one of the primary insect vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. For such ectothermic organisms, the ambient temperature is a…”
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Colonisation resistance in the sand fly gut: Leishmania protects Lutzomyia longipalpis from bacterial infection by Sant’Anna, Mauricio RV, Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Aguiar-Martins, Kelsilândia, Al Salem, Waleed S, Cavalcante, Reginaldo R, Dillon, Viv M, Bates, Paul A, Genta, Fernando A, Dillon, Rod J

“…BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine sand flies transmit the haemoflagellate Leishmania, the causative agent of human leishmaniasis. The Leishmania promastigotes are…”
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Investigation of the bacterial communities associated with females of Lutzomyia sand fly species from South America by Sant'Anna, Mauricio R V, Darby, Alistair C, Brazil, Reginaldo P, Montoya-Lerma, James, Dillon, Viv M, Bates, Paul A, Dillon, Rod J

“…Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania that are acquired by the female sand fly during blood feeding on an infected mammal. Leishmania parasites…”
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Using the intrinsic growth rate of the mosquito population improves spatio-temporal dengue risk estimation by Sedda, Luigi, Taylor, Benjamín M., Eiras, Alvaro E., Marques, João Trindade, Dillon, Rod J.

“…•Vector indices are often poor predictors of geographic disease risk.•When longitudinal vector surveillance data is available, vector population dynamics…”
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eNose analysis of volatile chemicals from dogs naturally infected with Leishmania infantum in Brazil by Staniek, Monica E, Sedda, Luigi, Gibson, Tim D, de Souza, Cristian F, Costa, Erika M, Dillon, Rod J, Hamilton, James G C

“…Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Brazil is a neglected, vector-borne, tropical parasitic disease that is responsible for several thousand human deaths every…”
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Characterization of Glycoside Hydrolase Families 13 and 31 Reveals Expansion and Diversification of α-Amylase Genes in the Phlebotomine Lutzomyia longipalpis and Modulation of Sandfly Glycosidase Activities by Leishmania Infection by da Costa-Latgé, Samara Graciane, Bates, Paul, Dillon, Rod, Genta, Fernando Ariel

“…Sugar-rich food sources are essential for sandflies to meet their energy demands, achieving more prolonged survival. The digestion of carbohydrates from food…”
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Bacterial feeding, Leishmania infection and distinct infection routes induce differential defensin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis by Telleria, Erich L, Sant’Anna, Maurício R Viana, Alkurbi, Mohammad O, Pitaluga, André N, Dillon, Rod J, Traub-Csekö, Yara M

“…BACKGROUND: Phlebotomine insects harbor bacterial, viral and parasitic pathogens that can cause diseases of public health importance. Lutzomyia longipalpis is…”
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Characterization of α-Glucosidases From Lutzomyia longipalpis Reveals Independent Hydrolysis Systems for Plant or Blood Sugars by da Costa, Samara G, Bates, Paul, Dillon, Rod, Genta, Fernando Ariel

“…is the main vector of and exploits different food sources during development. Adults have a diet rich in sugars, and females also feed on blood. The sugar diet…”
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Proteophosophoglycans regurgitated by Leishmania-infected sand flies target the L-arginine metabolism of host macrophages to promote parasite survival by Rogers, Matthew, Kropf, Pascale, Choi, Beak-San, Dillon, Rod, Podinovskaia, Maria, Bates, Paul, Müller, Ingrid

“…All natural Leishmania infections start in the skin; however, little is known of the contribution made by the sand fly vector to the earliest events in…”
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Diversity of gut microbiota increases with aging and starvation in the desert locust by Dillon, Rod J, Webster, Gordon, Weightman, Andrew J, Keith Charnley, A

“…Here we report the effects of starvation and insect age on the diversity of gut microbiota of adult desert locusts, Schistocerca gregaria, using denaturing…”
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Development of Leishmania mexicana in Lutzomyia longipalpis in the absence of sugar feeding by da Costa, Samara G, Moraes, Caroline da Silva, Bates, Paul, Dillon, Rod, Genta, Fernando Ariel

“…The leishmaniases are caused by Leishmania parasites and transmitted through the bites of phlebotomine sand flies. During parasite development inside the…”
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Chromosome-scale genome sequencing, assembly and annotation of six genomes from subfamily Leishmaniinae by Almutairi, Hatim, Urbaniak, Michael D., Bates, Michelle D., Jariyapan, Narissara, Kwakye-Nuako, Godwin, Thomaz Soccol, Vanete, Al-Salem, Waleed S., Dillon, Rod J., Bates, Paul A., Gatherer, Derek

“…We provide the raw and processed data produced during the genome sequencing of isolates from six species of parasites from the sub-family Leishmaniinae :…”
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Stage-specific adhesion of Leishmania promastigotes to sand fly midguts assessed using an improved comparative binding assay by Wilson, Raymond, Bates, Michelle D, Dostalova, Anna, Jecna, Lucie, Dillon, Rod J, Volf, Petr, Bates, Paul A

“…The binding of Leishmania promastigotes to the midgut epithelium is regarded as an essential part of the life-cycle in the sand fly vector, enabling the…”
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Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Complete Genome Sequence of Leishmania (Mundinia) procaviensis Isolate 253, Strain LV425 by Almutairi, Hatim, Urbaniak, Michael D, Bates, Michelle D, Kwakye-Nuako, Godwin, Al-Salem, Waleed S, Dillon, Rod J, Bates, Paul A, Gatherer, Derek

“…Leishmania (Mundinia) procaviensis is a parasitic kinetoplastid that was first isolated from a rock hyrax in Namibia in 1975. We present the complete genome…”
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Caspar-like Gene Depletion Reduces Leishmania Infection in Sand Fly Host Lutzomyia longipalpis by Telleria, Erich L., Sant'Anna, Maurício R.V., Ortigão-Farias, João R., Pitaluga, André N., Dillon, Viv M., Bates, Paul A., Traub-Csekö, Yara M., Dillon, Rod J.

“…Female phlebotomine sand flies Lutzomyia longipalpis naturally harbor populations of the medically important Leishmania infantum (syn. Leishmania chagasi)…”
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Inhibition of trypsin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis using RNAi enhances the survival of Leishmania by Sant'anna, Mauricio Rv, Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Mubaraki, Murad, Dillon, Rod J, Bates, Paul A

“…Leishmania parasites must overcome several barriers to achieve transmission by their sand fly vectors. One of the earliest threats is exposure to enzymes…”
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Chromosome-Scale Assembly of the Complete Genome Sequence of Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis, Isolate LSCM1, Strain LV760 by Almutairi, Hatim, Urbaniak, Michael D, Bates, Michelle D, Jariyapan, Narissara, Al-Salem, Waleed S, Dillon, Rod J, Bates, Paul A, Gatherer, Derek

“…Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis is a kinetoplastid parasite that was first isolated in 1995 on Martinique. We report the first complete genome for…”
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