"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,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 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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Humidity and temperature preference in two Neotropical species of sand flies. Parasit Vectors. 2024 Jun 03; 17(1):246.
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Phylogenetic climatic niche conservatism in sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) and their relatives. Evolution. 2022 10; 76(10):2361-2374.
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Diversity of cave Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) from a Colombian cave. Acta Trop. 2022 Sep; 233:106515.
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Embryo polarity in moth flies and mosquitoes relies on distinct old genes with localized transcript isoforms. Elife. 2019 10 08; 8.
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Comparing models for early warning systems of neglected tropical diseases. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2007 Oct 22; 1(1):e33.
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Sources and sinks: revisiting the criteria for identifying reservoirs for American cutaneous leishmaniasis. Trends Parasitol. 2007 Jul; 23(7):311-6.
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Genetic relationships among some species groups within the genus Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae). Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2003 Nov; 69(5):484-93.
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Ability of cellulose acetate and polyacrylamide enzyme electrophoresis to separate 13 species of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Venezuela. J Med Entomol. 2001 Jul; 38(4):501-9.
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Occurrence of sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Venezuela: first evidence from reproductively isolated sympatric populations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1999 Dec; 61(6):1004-9.