Naslov
EU-ECDC/EFSA VectorNet Project: Distribution of sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae), community analysis and pathogen detection in Balkans.
(Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies (ISOPS IX), Reims, France, June 28th–July 1st, 2016)

Autori
Dvorak Vit ; Kasap Ozge Erisoz ; Oguz Gizem ; Ayhan Nazli ; Vaselek Slavica ; Omeragic Jasmin ; Pajovic Igor ; Martinkovic Franjo, Mikov Ognyan ; Stefanovska Jovana ; Petric Dusan ; Baymak Devrim ; Ozbel Yusuf ; Depaquit Jérôme ; Ivovic Vladimir ; Volf Petr ; Alten Bulent

Izvornik
Parasite (1252-607X) 23 (2016), E1; 12-12

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, ostalo, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
sandfly, VectorNet

Sažetak
VectorNet ‘‘A European network for sharing data on the geographic distribution of arthropod vectors, transmitting human and animal disease agents’’ project is supported by the EU-ECDC/EFSA consortium and coordinated by Avia-GIS, Belgium. This study shows some of the results and achievements of the sand fly-team efforts in eight Balkan countries in 2015 in the framework of the VectorNet Project. Eight countries (Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Kosovo, Slovenia), including 267 locations and 36 cities were studied by the sand fly team with the aim of determining the altitudinal and trans-sectional distribution of species, identifying species and detecting possible pathogens in the Balkans. Sand flies were collected with light traps for a total of 951 trap nights during the field missions. From this study, 12 species were identified and a total of 9, 096 specimens collected from fieldwork. The results show that Phlebotomus neglectus (74%) is the dominant species in Balkan countries and this species was collected from all eight countries together with Ph. tobbi (10%). These two species comprise 84% of total sand fly abundance. Other species include: Ph. perfiliewi s.l (6.13%), Sergentomyia minuta (3.56%), Ph. perniciosus (1.57%), Ph. papatasi (1.35%), Ph. simici (0.9%), Ph. mascitti (0.45%), Ph. sergenti (0.1%), Ph. alexandri (0.07%), and Ph. balcanicus (0.03%) (found only in Montenegro). We also calculated some of the important community parameters such as similarity, richness, species diversity, species evenness and dominance for each country. The most similar countries in terms of species composition are B&H-Kosovo (0.77), Bulgaria-Kosovo (0.85), Serbia-Kosovo (0.86), Croatia-Macedonia (0.80) and Bulgaria-Macedonia (0.80). From these results, it appears that Macedonia and Serbia are ecotones (transition areas) in the Balkans. The highest species diversities were observed in Macedonia (1.366), Bulgaria (1.247) and Serbia (1.169), respectively. The lowest was B&H with 0.386 values. In contrast, B&H, like other less diverse countries, has the highest dominance value (81.4%). In pathogen detection studies, two novel viruses in B&H and Macedonia and Leishmania infantum parasites in B&H, Macedonia and Kosovo were detected. To the best of our knowledge, most of the information derived from this study was new to the Balkan countries.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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