Molecular identification and ecology of portuguese wild-caught Phlebotomine sandfly specimens
| العنوان: | Molecular identification and ecology of portuguese wild-caught Phlebotomine sandfly specimens |
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| المؤلفون: | Líbia Zé-Zé, Fátima Amaro, Hugo Costa Osório, Marta Giovanetti, José Lourenço, Maria João Alves |
| المساهمون: | Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
| المصدر: | Zoonotic Diseases; Volume 2; Issue 1; Pages: 19-31 |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Infecções Sistémicas e Zoonoses, P. sergenti, sandflies, Phlebotomus ariasi, P. perniciosus, Sergentomyia minuta, COX1, Portugal, Sandflies, Sergentomyia Minuta |
| الوصف: | © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Phlebotomine sandflies are important vectors of Leishmania spp. and phleboviruses causing disease in animals and humans. Morphological identification of phlebotomine sandflies to the species level is challenging, requiring microscopical examination of the genitalia, which is demanding and time consuming. Molecular sandfly species identification can be a practical solution to save resources since it enables further molecular studies capable of generating data, such as biting preferences by blood meal analysis. In this study, resorting to a sandfly dataset collected between 2014 and 2018 across Portuguese territory under active mosquito surveillance and sandfly specific surveys, we used molecular methods to explore the genetic diversity and spatial distribution, further exploring ecological co-variants of four sandfly species—Phlebotomus ariasi, P. perniciosus, P. sergenti, and Sergentomyia minuta—all of which are of public health importance. Sandflies were collected from Spring to Autumn (May–November) following local temperature patterns. P. perniciosus was the most widespread detected species, with a nationwide distribution. All studied species clustered together with known samples from the Iberian Peninsula. Further monitoring studies of sandfly species diversity, distribution, and seasonality are essential for surveillance and control of sandfly-borne pathogens both nationally and globally. This research was supported in part by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through the project: “Phleboviruses in Portugal—vectors, pathogenesis and co-infections” (PTDC/DTP-SAP/0859/2014). J.L. was supported by a research lectureship by the Zoology Department of the University of Oxford. M.G. was supported by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). |
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| اللغة: | English |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e4f42d9259eabfe1671f8df13ed1556b https://hdl.handle.net/10451/56254 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e4f42d9259eabfe1671f8df13ed1556b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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