Natural infection of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a visceral-leishmaniasis focus in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Infecção natural de flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) em foco de leishmaniose visceral no Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: João Cezar do Nascimento, Byanca Regina de Paiva, Rosely dos Santos Malafronte, Wedson Desidério Fernandes, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2007
• Subjects: Lutzomyia longipalpis; Leishmania chagasi; Phlebotomines; Natural infection; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652007000200011; https://doaj.org/article/bfdd756a11a44e559b490e196ce63ccb

The main purpose of this study was to investigate natural infection by Leishmania in phlebotomine females in a visceral-leishmaniasis focus in Antonio João county in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Between June and October 2003, the digestive tracts of 81 females captured in Aldeia Campestre, Aldeia Marangatu and Povoado Campestre were dissected. The females were separated by species, location, area and date of capture into 13 groups and kept in ethanol 70%. To identify the Leishmania species using the PCR technique, amplifications of the ribosomal-DNA (rDNA) and mini-exon genes were analyzed. Of the 81 specimens, 77 (95%) were Lutzomyia longipalpis, making this the most common species; only one specimen of each of the species Brumptomyia avellari, Evandromyia cortelezzii, Evandromyia lenti and Nyssomyia whitmani was found. Trypanosomatids were identified in eight of the nine groups of Lutzomyia longipalpis (10.39%) one group from Aldeia Campestre, one from Aldeia Marangatu and six from Povoado Campestre; of the eight groups, one from Aldeia Marangatu and another, with promastigotes forms also confirmed by dissection (1.23%) from Povoado Campestre, were identified by PCR as Leishmania chagasi (2.6%). The other groups gave negative results. These findings indicate that there is a high risk of leishmaniasis transmission in this area. Com o objetivo de investigar a infecção natural por Leishmania em fêmeas de flebotomíneos, em um foco de leishmaniose visceral, no município de Antônio João, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, no período de junho a outubro de 2003, dissecou-se o trato digestivo de 81 fêmeas de cinco espécies de flebotomíneos capturadas em três localidades: Aldeia Campestre, Aldeia Marangatu e Povoado Campestre. Após dissecção estas foram divididas em 13 grupos monoespecíficos e armazenadas em etanol 70%. Para identificação das espécies de Leishmania pela técnica de PCR, esses grupos foram analisados por meio da amplificação dos genes de DNA ribossômico e mini-exon. Das fêmeas analisadas, Lutzomyia ...