J Gc Hamilton

Summary

Affiliation: Keele University
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Identification of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Asunción, Paraguay
    Reginaldo P Brazil
    Lab, de Bioquímica e Fisiologia de Insetos Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Parasit Vectors 2:51. 2009
  2. ncbi Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide
    Daniel P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, ST5 5BG, Keele, UK
    Parasit Vectors 3:16. 2010
  3. ncbi Sandfly pheromones. Their biology and potential for use in control programs
    J G C Hamilton
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    Parasite 15:252-6. 2008
  4. ncbi Analysis of the sex pheromone extract of individual male Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies from six regions in Brazil
    J G C Hamilton
    Chemical Ecology Medical Entomology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
    Med Vet Entomol 19:480-8. 2005
  5. ncbi Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) to traps in the field
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, ST5 5BG Keele, United Kingdom
    J Med Entomol 46:428-34. 2009
  6. ncbi Genetic identification of two sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) that produce distinct male sex pheromones in Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil
    R D C Maingon
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, ST5 5BG, UK
    Mol Ecol 12:1879-94. 2003
  7. ncbi Distribution of putative male sex pheromones among Lutzomyia sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    J G C Hamilton
    School of Life Sciences, University of Keele, UK
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 96:83-92. 2002
  8. ncbi A fourth chemotype of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Jaibas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
    J G C Hamilton
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
    J Med Entomol 41:1021-6. 2004
  9. ncbi Courtship behaviour in the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis, the New World vector of visceral leishmaniasis
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, U K
    Med Vet Entomol 21:332-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Host odor synergizes attraction of virgin female Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Huxley Building, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    J Med Entomol 44:779-87. 2007

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi Identification of the sex pheromone of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Asunción, Paraguay
    Reginaldo P Brazil
    Lab, de Bioquímica e Fisiologia de Insetos Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Parasit Vectors 2:51. 2009
    ..Our results show that Lu. longipalpis from this site produce (S)-9-methylgermacrene-B which has also been found in Lu. longipalpis from different areas of Brazil, Colombia and Central America...
  2. ncbi Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide
    Daniel P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, ST5 5BG, Keele, UK
    Parasit Vectors 3:16. 2010
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  3. ncbi Sandfly pheromones. Their biology and potential for use in control programs
    J G C Hamilton
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute for Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    Parasite 15:252-6. 2008
    ..This paper reports the current understanding of several areas of sandfly chemical ecology and their prospects for application...
  4. ncbi Analysis of the sex pheromone extract of individual male Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies from six regions in Brazil
    J G C Hamilton
    Chemical Ecology Medical Entomology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
    Med Vet Entomol 19:480-8. 2005
    ..Evidence of a fifth chemotype in Brazil is also presented...
  5. ncbi Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) to traps in the field
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, ST5 5BG Keele, United Kingdom
    J Med Entomol 46:428-34. 2009
    ..This is the first study to show attraction of a human disease-transmitting insect to a synthetic pheromone in the field, showing the general applicability of this novel approach for developing new tools for use in vector control...
  6. ncbi Genetic identification of two sibling species of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) that produce distinct male sex pheromones in Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil
    R D C Maingon
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, ST5 5BG, UK
    Mol Ecol 12:1879-94. 2003
    ..This microsatellite data together with previously reported reproductive isolation between the two Sobral populations confirm that premating barriers are important in speciation of L. longipalpis...
  7. ncbi Distribution of putative male sex pheromones among Lutzomyia sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    J G C Hamilton
    School of Life Sciences, University of Keele, UK
    Ann Trop Med Parasitol 96:83-92. 2002
    ..Lutzomyia lenti collected in southern Brazil produced a novel diterpene whereas male L. lenti from north-eastern Brazil did not, supporting suggestions by others that L. lenti is, like L. longipalpis, a species complex...
  8. ncbi A fourth chemotype of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Jaibas, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
    J G C Hamilton
    Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, United Kingdom
    J Med Entomol 41:1021-6. 2004
    ..longipalpis species complex in Brazil consists of four members rather than the three previously recognized and confirms previous analysis of genetic variation that had suggested the presence of a complex in Brazil...
  9. ncbi Courtship behaviour in the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis, the New World vector of visceral leishmaniasis
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, U K
    Med Vet Entomol 21:332-8. 2007
    ..The identification of signals that inhibit sexual behaviour during courtship may be particularly relevant to developing mating disruption techniques against L. longipalpis...
  10. ncbi Host odor synergizes attraction of virgin female Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    D P Bray
    Chemical Ecology Group, Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine, Huxley Building, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
    J Med Entomol 44:779-87. 2007
    ..These results indicate L. longipalpis pheromones function primarily to attract females and that their efficacy as lures may be increased through addition of host odor, or by deploying traps in the vicinity of host animals...
  11. ncbi Enhanced sandfly attraction to Leishmania-infected hosts
    E Rebollar-Tellez
    School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:117-8. 2002
    ..Implications of enhanced transmission, potential for developing novel diagnoses and the significance to epidemiological models are discussed...
  12. ncbi Isolation and identification of 9-methylgermacrene-B as the putative sex pheromone of Lutzomyia cruzi (Mangabeira, 1938) (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    Reginaldo P Brazil
    Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, 30190 002, Brasil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 97:435-6. 2002
    ..cruzi has revealed the presence of a 9-methylgermacrene-B (C16), a homosesquiterpene (mw 218) previously shown to be the sex pheromone of one of the members of the L. longipalpis species complex...
  13. ncbi Molecular divergence in the period gene between two putative sympatric species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex
    L G S R Bauzer
    Mol Biol Evol 19:1624-7. 2002
  14. ncbi Identification of sex pheromones of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) populations from the state of São Paulo, Brazil
    Cláudio Casanova
    Superintendencia de Controle de Endemias, 13845 206 Mogi Guaçu, SP, Brazil
    Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 101:113-5. 2006
    ..This coupled with the remarkable difference between the epidemiological situation in Araçatuba and Espírito Santo do Pinhal, suggests that the (S)-9-methylgermacrene-B and cembrene-1 populations may have different vectorial capacities...
  15. ncbi Copulation songs in three siblings of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)
    N A de Souza
    Departamento de Entomologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96:102-3. 2002
    ..The striking differences in the songs from 3 Brazilian populations of this sandfly with 3 distinct male pheromones support the 3 sibling species previously proposed based on this characteristic...
  16. ncbi Navigation of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) under dusk or starlight conditions
    J G C Hamilton
    Chemical Ecology Group Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University Keele Staffordshire ST5 5BG UK
    Bull Entomol Res 93:315-22. 2003
    ..The difference in response of males and females to light in this region is interesting and may indicate the different ecology of the sexes at night. Overall, these results may have important implications for sandfly trap design...