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Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation – The CLIMOS Project

Edited by:

Filipe Dantas-Torres, PhD, Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil

Submission Status: Open   |   Submission Deadline: 30 November 2025


Parasites & Vectors is inviting submissions to our Collection on 'Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation – The CLIMOS Project.' Please note that this Collection is open by 'invite-only.'

About the Collection

Parasites & Vectors is inviting submissions to our Collection on 'Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation – The CLIMOS Project.' 

This collection includes papers submitted as part of the CLIMOS project, covering the impact of climate and environmental changes on phlebotomine sand fly populations and the diseases they transmit, as well as risk assessment and policy development for sand fly-borne diseases in Europe and the Mediterranean region.

Please note that this Collection is open by 'invite-only.'

Image credit: © CLIMOS Project

  1. We evaluated various membranes for blood-feeding in nine sand fly species from different genera and subgenera. Most of these species are vectors of human-pathogenic Leishmania, whereas Sergentomyia minuta is a he...

    Authors: Anna Hošková, Barbora Vojtková, Markéta Stejskalová, Nikola Polanská, Magdalena Jančářová, Lidiane Medeiros da Costa, Mauricio Roberto Viana Sant´Anna, Petr Volf and Jovana Sádlová
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2025 18:119
    Content type: Research Published on:

  2. Toscana virus (TOSV; Phlebovirus toscanaense), a phlebovirus transmitted by sand flies, is a growing public health concern in the Mediterranean region, with infections often being asymptomatic but potentially lea...

    Authors: Rafael Rocha, Elif Kurum, Nazli Ayhan, Rémi Charrel and Carla Maia
    Citation: Parasites & Vectors 2025 18:82
    Content type: Research Published on:

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This Collection is open by invite-only and welcomes submission of Research Articles, Reviews and Case studies. Should you wish to submit a different article type, please read our submission guidelines.

Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. Please, select the appropriate Collection title “Climate Monitoring and Decision Support Framework for Sand Fly-borne Diseases Detection and Mitigation – The CLIMOS Project" under the “Details” tab during the submission stage. Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.

The Editor has no competing interests with the submissions which are handled through the peer-review process. The peer-review of any submissions for which the Editor has competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.