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Lutzomyia

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Lutzomyia /Lut·zo·my·ia/ (lldbomact″zo-mi´ah) a genus of sandflies of the family Psychodidae, the females of which suck blood.
Lutz·o·my·ia (ltz-my)
n.
A genus of sand flies or midges of the family Psychodidae that serve as vectors of leishmaniasis and Oroya fever.
Lutzomyia
a genus of sandflies, e.g. L. trapidoi, capable of transmitting Leishmania spp.


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In the disease world, applications have been few, although 1 study used likely climate change--mediated range shifts to hypothesize the identity of Lutzomyia vectors of recent leishmaniasis outbreaks in southern Brazil (21).
Ecologic niche modeling and spatial patterns of disease transmission by Peterson, A. Townsend / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Infection is indirect in that it is transmitted by numerous species of insects of the genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia.
A case of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis. (Original Article) by Fornaro, Vincenzo / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston report that the tropical sandfly, Lutzomyia longipalpis, which transmits through its bite a parasitic disease, has a component in its saliva that boosts the virulence of the parasites it injects into its mammalian victims.
Sandfly spit boosts parasite potential by Science News
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