Ecological aspects of American cutaneous leishmaniasis: 6. Man-biting sandfly fauna of a patch of residual forest in the middle and north-eastern region of the São Paulo State, Brazil

This report shows the phlebotomine vectorial role in the endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis situated in the middle and north-eastern region of the São Paulo, Brazil. Analysis of information encloses a sandfly man-biting fauna of four different patches of residual forest. So, using the human-bait and Sh...

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Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors: Almério de Castro Gomes, José Maria Soares Barata, Eduardo Olavo Rocha e Silva, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1989
Subjects:
Leishmaniose tegumentar
ecologia
flebotomíneo
transmissão
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651989000100007
https://doaj.org/article/b5f75b901823451c81b0c7ab1aa3bd4d
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Summary:This report shows the phlebotomine vectorial role in the endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis situated in the middle and north-eastern region of the São Paulo, Brazil. Analysis of information encloses a sandfly man-biting fauna of four different patches of residual forest. So, using the human-bait and Shannon trap for a period of one year we have caught 16,869 sandflies. The predominance of Lutzomyia intermedia (85,6%) was clear. Moreover, the low density of Lutzomyia whitmani and Lutzomyia pessoai and their epidemiological implications at present and in the past are discussed. Information about the daily activity of some species is given and we emphasize for the first time, the diurnal activity of Lutzomyia firmatoi in the São Paulo State.

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