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Ekaterina Giorgobiani
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 4
Citations - 207
Ekaterina Giorgobiani is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Leishmania infantum & Public health. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 158 citations.
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Seasonal Dynamics of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Species Proven Vectors of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum.
Bulent Alten,Carla Maia,Maria Odete Afonso,Lenea Campino,Maribel Jiménez,Estela González,Ricardo Molina,Anne-Laure Bañuls,Jorian Prudhomme,Baptiste Vergnes,Céline Toty,Cécile Cassan,Nil Rahola,Magali Thierry,Denis Sereno,Gioia Bongiorno,Riccardo Bianchi,Cristina Khoury,Nikolaos Tsirigotakis,Emmanouil Dokianakis,Maria Antoniou,Vasiliki Christodoulou,Apostolos Mazeris,Mehmet Karakuş,Yusuf Özbel,Suha K. Arserim,Ozge Erisoz Kasap,Filiz Gunay,Gizem Oguz,Sinan Kaynas,Nikoloz Tsertsvadze,Lamzira Tskhvaradze,Ekaterina Giorgobiani,Marina Gramiccia,Petr Volf,Luigi Gradoni +35 more
TL;DR: Despite annual variations, multiple collections performed over consecutive years provided homogeneous patterns of the potential behavior of leishmaniasis vectors in selected sites, which it is proposed may represent sentinel areas for future monitoring.
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Incrimination of Phlebotomus kandelakii and Phlebotomus balcanicus as Vectors of Leishmania infantum in Tbilisi, Georgia
Ekaterina Giorgobiani,Phillip G. Lawyer,Giorgi Babuadze,Nato Dolidze,Ryan C. Jochim,Lamzira Tskhvaradze,Konstantin Kikaleishvili,Shaden Kamhawi +7 more
TL;DR: A survey of potential vector sand flies was conducted in the neighboring suburban communities of Vake and Mtatsminda districts in an active focus of visceral Leishmaniasis in Tbilisi, Georgia, and blood meal analysis showed that P. kandelakii preferentially feeds on dogs but also feeds on humans.
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Epidemiologic aspects of an emerging focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Ekaterina Giorgobiani,Nazibrola Chitadze,Gvantsa Chanturya,Marina Grdzelidze,Ryan C. Jochim,Anna Machablishvili,Tsiuri Tushishvili,Yulia Zedginidze,Marina K. Manjgaladze,Nino Iashvili,Manana P. Makharadze,Tsiuri Zakaraya,Konstantin Kikaleishvili,Ivan Markhvashvili,Goderdzi Badashvili,Teymuraz Daraselia,Michael P. Fay,Shaden Kamhawi,David B. Sacks +18 more
TL;DR: Seroepidemiological surveys were conducted to determine the prevalence and incidence of infection in children and dogs within the main focus of VL, and to identify risk factors associated with human infection.
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Immunity to vector saliva is compromised by short sand fly seasons in endemic regions with temperate climates.
Fabiano Oliveira,Ekaterina Giorgobiani,Anderson B. Guimarães-Costa,Maha Abdeladhim,James Oristian,Lamzira Tskhvaradze,Nikoloz Tsertsvadze,Mariam Zakalashvili,Jesus G. Valenzuela,Shaden Kamhawi +9 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that humans and dogs residing in Tbilisi have little immunological memory to saliva of P. kandelakii, the principal vector of VL, and the absence of immunity to vector saliva is probably caused by insufficient exposure to sand fly bites.