I have to say....the sandflies around this way at this time of year (their last hurrah) are out in force and tried to chew a hole in me even after I've sprayed with the Aerogard! #bitingbastards #sandflies #australia #aerogard

This new paper brings together the results of sandfly research presented by this group of scientists during the last ISOPS congress.🧪
Their work highlights recent advances in sandfly biology and Leishmania transmission.
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#Sandflies #Leishmania

Finally, we show a heat-stable RNase-sensitive salivary factor boosts infection; if identified could provide a potential target for new antivirals or vaccines
#VectorBiology #Arboviruses #Immunology #Virology #SandFlies #SkinBiology #HostPathogenInteractions

Understanding transmission dynamics for the effective implementation of vector control. In a peridomestic transmission cycle, endophilic vectors feed on disease reservoirs such as humans and dogs. In this scenario, vector control strategies such as IRS, LLINs and IIC are effective. In a sylvatic transmission cycle, exophilic sand flies feed on wild animals. In this case, innovative control tools such as insect bacterial commensals and host odour/sugar bait traps are required. In mixed peridomestic and sylvatic transmission cycles, where the vector is exophilic, the use of IRS, LLINs and IIC may be ineffective, requiring integration of control approaches to effectively interrupt transmission. The purple areas represent zones where there may be spillover between the projected scenarios due to potential changes in human and animal movement, behaviour and environmental drivers such as climate change. IRS: Indoor residual spraying; LLINs: Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets; IIC, Insecticide-impregnated collars. This figure was created with BioRender. Iniguez, E. (2025) https://BioRender.com/l2d3gpc.

New review: “𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵”. 🧪
The article synthesises up-to-date findings on sand-fly systematics, behaviour, interactions with parasites and relevance for vector-borne diseases.
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#Parasitology #SandFlies #VectorResearch #OpenScience

A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★ Translated title: Une revue des infections à Leishmania des phlébotomes américains – Ceux qui transmettent la leishmaniose sont-ils anthropophiles ou anthropoportunistes ? Understanding why Diptera, such as mosquitoes and sand flies, feed on humans is crucial in defining them as vectors of diseases such as malaria, dengue fever, Zika virus, and leishmaniasis.

'A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies – Are those that transmit #Leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★' - a @parasitejournal.bsky.social article published by @edpsciences.bsky.social on #ScienceOpen 📄🔓

#VectorBiology #SandFlies #Parasitology

Drs Petr Volf, Katerina Pruzinova @ryanase.bsky.social‬ & Jack Sunter review #midgut & #stomodeal #valve #attachment of #Leishmania in #sandflies. #Kinetoplastid #Haptomonad #Promastigote #SecretoryGel @sciencecharles.bsky.social‬ @charlesuni.cuni.cz‬

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View from one of the collection areas in Tuscany, Italy, covered in the study. Photo credit: Sara Epis.

Researchers collecting Leptoconops noei midges. Photo credit: Sara Epis.

New #OpenAccess work in #RESMedVetEnt reports on the discovery of a new inland population of #Leptoconops noei in Italy with sequencing of the first complete mitochondrial genome for the genus
doi.org/10.1111/mve.12828

#COX1 #Sandflies #BitingMidges
Photo credit: Prof. Sara Epis
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Identification of transporters essential for survival of Leishmania promastigotes in the digestive tract of sand flies Leishmania amastigotes ingested by female phlebotomine sand flies are exposed to a harsh and dynamic environment, markedly different from that of their mammalian host. Within the sand fly s alimentary...

Ever wonder how Leishmania survives in a sand fly’s gut?
We just dropped a preprint where we CRISPR’d our way through the parasite’s transporter genes—and found the VIPs that keep it alive in its insect host. 🧬🦟

Check it out 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#Leishmania #sandflies #parasitesrule

Finished up the last arc of the main story last night, but there are still plenty of quests to do!

Arrakis awaits our presence in Dune: Awakening:

twitch.tv/mawktales 🔥

#Dune #Sandflies #SurvivalMMO

Drs Domenico Otranto, Vanessa Barrs, Mariaelisa Carbonara, Gad Baneth, Filipe Dantas-Torres & Michael Lappin review #feline vector-borne diseases #FVBD: from local risks to global concerns. #Fleas #Mosquitoes #SandFlies #Ticks #Zoonosis

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Mosquitoes may be a death sentence for cattle after epic outback flood Floodwater across outback Queensland is receding but mosquitoes and sandflies carrying a potentially fatal disease are spoiling the reprieve for already battered cattle.    

Mosquitoes may be a death sentence for cattle after epic outback flood #floods #mosquitoes #sandflies

Seroprevalence of Toscana virus in blood donors in mainland Portugal - Parasites & Vectors Background Toscana virus (TOSV; Phlebovirus toscanaense), a phlebovirus transmitted by sand flies, is a growing public health concern in the Mediterranean region, with infections often being asymptoma...

🪰"Seroprevalence of Toscana #virus in blood donors in mainland #Portugal" by Rafael Rocha et al. in Parasites & Vectors @biomedcentral.bsky.social #phlebovirus #sandflies
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Do you spend a lot of time #outdoors, with #animals, or #traveling? Or have you in the past? You may want to attend this webinar.

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#mosquito #tick #blackflies #fleas #sandflies #fleas #triatome #bugs #tsetse #aquaticsnail #viral #bacteria #parasite #vector #mecfs #longCovid

Vector-borne diseases WHO fact sheet on vector-borne diseases, including key facts, overview, and WHO response. Vector-borne diseases are illnesses caused by pathogens and parasites in human populations. WHO works with p...

"Often once a vector becomes infectious they are capable of transmitting the pathogen for the rest of their life during each subsequent bite/blood meal."

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#mosquito #tick #blackflies #flea #sandflies #fleas #triatome #bugs #tsetse #aquaticsnail #viral #bacteria #parasite

Drs Pedro Cecilio, Eva Iniguez, Patrick Huffcutt, Servio Ribeiro, Shaden Kamhawi, Jesus Valenzuela & Tiago Serafim review the impact of #blood on #vector-borne diseases with emphasis on #mosquitoes & #sandflies. @niaidnews.bsky.social

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Rising Toscana virus infections in Italy highlight climate-driven health risks A recent study reveals a sharp rise in neuroinvasive Toscana virus infections in Italy from 2022 to 2023, driven by climate factors and expanding geographic spread.

Rising Toscana virus infections in Italy highlight climate-driven health risks 🦟🌡️🧪 www.news-medical.net/news/2025012... #ToscanaVirus #PublicHealth #InfectiousDiseases #Epidemiology #VectorBorne #ClimateChange #VirusAlert #Italy #SandFlies @eurosurveillance.org

A much neglected but increasingly important neurotropic pathogen, #Toscana virus, spread by #sandflies, is now endemic across much of the Mediterranean. See our new review by Yonca Keskek Turk et al published today.
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Home for the night in what's looking like 'Sand Fly' country... eeeccckkk! I HATE #SANDFLIES :-/ #wildcamping http://t.co/CJgvIoyjMt