Survey of sandfly vectors of leishmaniasis in Marambaia Island, municipality of Mangaratiba, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Autor: Novo SP; Departamento de Ciências Biológias, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. shenia@ensp.fiocruz.br, Souza MB, Villanova CB, Meródio JC, Meira Ade M
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical [Rev Soc Bras Med Trop] 2013 Mar-Apr; Vol. 46 (2), pp. 231-3.
DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-1190-2013
Abstrakt: Introduction: The influx and efflux of military personnel in the possible endemic areas of leishmaniasis provided the impetus for research on the sandflies on Marambaia Island.
Methods: Sandflies were collected with light traps installed in the 3 ecotypes of 3 areas chosen for their particular landscape aspects.
Results: In 2009, were collected 32,006 specimens of sandflies belonging to 13 species. The species that showed highest density were Nyssomyia intermedia and Migoneimyia migonei.
Conclusions: N. intermedia and M. migonei are the principal vectors of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) in Brazil; thus, extension studies related to the eco-epidemiology of these species of Marambaia Island are essential.
Databáze: MEDLINE