Seasonal abundance patterns of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi in climatically distinct foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israeli deserts

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 452-456

  Wasserberg, G ^a   Yarom, I ^a   Warburg, A ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arava Valley; Arid climate; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Desert; Israel; Negev; Phlebotomus papatasi; Population dynamics; Psammomys obesus; Sandfly abundance; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DESERT; DISEASE VECTOR; LEISHMANIASIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERBIL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DESERT CLIMATE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

ARAVA VALLEY; ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; NEGEV; SOUTHERN DISTRICT;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; DIPTERA; GERBILLINAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSAMMOMYS; PSAMMOMYS OBESUS; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 1842425713     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2003.00461.x     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Ashford, R.W. (1996) Leishmaniasis reservoirs and their significance in control. Clinics in Dermatology, 14, 523-532.
2. Brinson, F.J., Hagen, D.V., Comer, J.A. & Strohlein, D.A. (1992) Seasonal abundance of Lutzomyia shannoni (Diptera: Psychodidae) on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 29, 178-182.
3. Comer, J.A., Kavanaugh, D.M., Stallknetcht, D.E. & Corn, J.L. (1994) Population dynamics of Lutzomyia shannoni (Diptera: Psychodidae) in relation to the epizootiology of vesicular stomatitis on Ossabaw Island, Georgia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 31, 850-854.
4. Greenblatt, C.L., Schlein, Y. & Schnur, L.F. (1985) Leishmaniasis in Israel and vicinity. Leishmaniasis (ed. by C. Chang and D. Bray), pp. 415-426. Elsevier Science Publishers, London, UK.
5. Janini, R., Saliba, E. & Kamhawi, S. (1995) Species composition of sandflies and population dynamics of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the southern Jordan Valley, an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Journal of Medical Entomology, 32, 822-826.
6. Killick-Kendrick, R. (1999) The biology and control of phlebotomine sandflies. Clinics in Dermatology, 17, 279-289.
7. McHugh, C.P., Ostrander, B.F., Raymond, R.W. & Kerr, S.F. (2001) Population dynamics of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) at two foci of leishmaniasis in Texas. Journal of Medical Entomology, 38, 268-277.
8. Morrison, C.A., Ferro, C., Pardo, R., Torres, M., Wilson, M.L. & Tesh, R.B. (1995a) Nocturnal activity patterns of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) at an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Colombia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 32, 605-617.
9. Morrison, C.A., Ferro, C., Pardo, R., Torres, M., Devlin, B., Wilson, M.L. & Tesh, R.B. (1995b) Seasonal abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) at an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Colombia. Journal of Medical Entomology, 32, 538-548.
10. Munzel, U. & Hothorn, L.A. (2001) A unified approach to simultaneous rank test procedures in the unbalanced one-way layout. Biometrical Journal, 43, 553-569.
11. Parvizi, P., Benlarbi, M. & Ready, P.D. (2003) Mitochondrial and Wolbachia markers for the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi: little population differentiation between peridomestic sites and gerbil burrows in Isfahan province, Iran. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 17, 351-362.
12. Rioux, J.A., Ashford, R.W. & Kahiami, A. (1992) Ecoepidemiology of leishmaniasis in Syria 3: Leishmania major infection in Psammomys obesus provides clues to life history of the rodent and possible control measures. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparée, 67, 163-165.
13. Saliba, E.K. & Oumeish, Y.O. (1999) Reservoir hosts of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Clinics in Dermatology, 17, 275-277.
14. Schlein, Y. & Jacobson, R.L. (1999) Sugar meals and longevity of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi in an arid focus of Leishmania major in the Jordan Valley. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 13, 65-71.
15. Schlein, Y., Warburg, A., Schnur, L.F., Le Blancq, S.M. & Gunders, A.E. (1984) Leishmaniasis in Israel: reservoir hosts, sandfly vectors and leishmanial strains in the Negev, Arava and along the Dead-Sea. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 78, 480-484.
16. Wasserberg, G. (2003) The epizootiology of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the Negev and the Arava: application of an ecological approach for the study of an epidemiological problem. PhD Thesis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
17. Wasserberg, G., Abramsky, Z., Anders, G., El-Fari, M., Schoenian, G., Schnur, L., Kotler, B.P., Kabalo, I. & Warburg, A. (2002) The ecology of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Nizzana, Israel: infection patterns in the reservoir host, and epidemiological implications. International Journal for Parasitology, 32, 133-143.
18. Wasserberg, G., Abramsky, Z., Kotler, B.P., Ostfeld, R.S., Yarom, I. & Warburg, A. (2003) Anthropogenic disturbances enhance occurrence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Israel deserts: patterns and mechanisms. Ecological Applications, 13, 868-881.
19. W.H.O. (1990) Control of the Leishmaniases. Technical Report Series no. 793, World Health Organization, Geneva.
20. Yuval, B. (1991) Populations of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) and the risk of Leishmania major transmission in three Jordan Valley habitats. Journal of Medical Entomology, 28, 492-495.
21. Yuval, B. (1994) The vertebrate host as a mating encounter site for its ectoparasite: ecological and evolutionary considerations. Bulletin of the Society for Vector Ecology, 19, 115-120.