| Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Governador Valadares, a transmission area for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. | |
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PMID: 21556488 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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INTRODUCTION: A study on the phlebotomine sandfly fauna was carried out in an endemic area for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in the municipality of Governador Valadares, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: Captures were undertaken using HP light traps in four districts, on three nights per month, for one year (from January to December 2008). Correlations between climatic factors (temperature, relative air humidity and rainfall) and the numbers of sandflies collected was observed. RESULTS: 5,413 phlebotomine specimens were caught and were identified as belonging to 12 species. Of these specimens, 2,851 (52%) were females and 2,562 (48%) were males. CONCLUSIONS: Lutzomyia intermedia predominated (29.9% of the species caught), thus suggesting that they were responsible for transmission of American tegumentary leishmaniasis, together with L. whitmani, which was also found in the area (4.3%). The presence of L. longipalpis (11.9%), the main vector for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil, is an important finding, which makes rigorous entomological surveillance of the area necessary. |
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Ricardo Andrade Barata; Gustavo Fontes Paz; Marcela Cardoso Bastos; Roberta Christiane Oliveira Andrade; Daniela Campos Mendes de Barros; Fabiana Oliveira Lara E Silva; Erika Monteiro Michalsky; Aimara da Costa Pinheiro; Edelberto Santos Dias |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-03-18 |
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Title: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Volume: 44 ISSN: 1678-9849 ISO Abbreviation: Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop. Publication Date: 2011 Apr |
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Created Date: 2011-05-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7507456 Medline TA: Rev Soc Bras Med Trop Country: Brazil |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 136-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Vale do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Diamantina, MG. |
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