Lamzira Tskhvaradze

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.

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.

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.

TL;DR: Aedes albopictus was detected for the first time, which brought the number of reported mosquito species in Georgia to 32, and an updated checklist of the mosquitoes of Georgia is provided.