"Psychodidae" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Small, hairy, moth-like flies which are of considerable public health importance as vectors of certain pathogenic organisms. Important disease-related genera are PHLEBOTOMUS, Lutzomyia, and Sergentomyia.
| Descriptor ID |
D011576
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.781
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| Concept/Terms |
Moth Flies- Moth Flies
- Flies, Moth
- Fly, Moth
- Moth Fly
- Psychodinae
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Psychodidae" by people in Profiles.
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Improved high quality sand fly assemblies enabled by ultra low input long read sequencing. Sci Data. 2024 Aug 24; 11(1):918.
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Genomic analysis of two phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania from the New and Old World. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2023 04; 17(4):e0010862.
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Structure of SALO, a leishmaniasis vaccine candidate from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017 03; 11(3):e0005374.
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The Gut Microbiome of the Vector Lutzomyia longipalpis Is Essential for Survival of Leishmania infantum. mBio. 2017 01 17; 8(1).
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New records, distribution, and updated checklists of old world Phlebotomine sand flies, with emphasis on Africa, southwest Asia, and central Asia. US Army Med Dep J. 2017 Jan-Jun; (1-17):65-85.
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Status of vaccine research and development of vaccines for leishmaniasis. Vaccine. 2016 06 03; 34(26):2992-2995.
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Expression, purification, crystallization and crystallographic study of Lutzomyia longipalpis LJL143. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2015 Jul; 71(Pt 7):925-8.