| Literature DB >> 30380076 |
Rosa Cristina Ribeiro da Silva1,2,3, Antonia Suely Guimarães E Silva1,2, Sêmilly Suélen da Silva Sousa1,2, Juliana Maria Trindade Bezerra4, José Manuel Macário Rebêlo3, Valéria Cristina Soares Pinheiro1,2.
Abstract
In this study, we analyzed species composition, richness, and monthly and seasonal abundance of sand flies in an urban area, municipality Caxias, state Maranhão, endemic for American visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis. Sand flies were caught using Center for Disease Control (CDC) light traps in peridomicile (animal shelter) and extradomicile (forest) environments twice a month for 1 yr. A total of 16,332 specimens belonging to 20 species were captured. The predominant species identified in this study were Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) (Lutz and Neiva 1912) (43.08%) and Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) (Antunes and Coutinho 1939) (43.02%), which occurred throughout the year (every month). The highest abundance of phlebotomine was recorded during the dry season (53.75%) and in the urban peridomicile environment (59.1%), wherein 17 species were found. In the study area, L. longipalpis and L. whitmani are reported to be effective visceral or tegumentary leishmaniasis vectors, respectively, due to their abundance throughout the year.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID： 30380076 DOI： 10.1093/jme/tjy182
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Entomol ISSN： 0022-2585 Impact factor: 2.278