Ecology of phlebotomine sandflies and putative reservoir hosts of leishmaniasis in a border area in Northeastern Mexico: implications for the risk of transmission of Leishmania mexicana in Mexico and the USA.

Autor:	Rodríguez-Rojas JJ; Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México., Rodríguez-Moreno Á; Departamento de Zoología Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México., Berzunza-Cruz M; Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dr. Balmis #148, Colonia Doctores, C.P. 06726, Ciudad de México, México., Gutiérrez-Granados G; Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Batalla 5 de mayo S/N esquina Fuerte de Loreto, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, C.P. 09230, Ciudad de México, México., Becker I; Unidad de Investigación en Medicina Experimental, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Dr. Balmis #148, Colonia Doctores, C.P. 06726, Ciudad de México, México., Sánchez-Cordero V; Departamento de Zoología Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N, C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México., Stephens CR; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N. C.P. 04510, Cd. Universitaria, Ciudad de México, México - Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior S/N. C.P. 04510, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, México., Fernández-Salas I; Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México - Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Carlos Canseco S/N. C.P. 64460, Mitras Centro, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México - Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 19 Poniente Esquina 4ª Norte S/N., C.P. 30700, Centro Tapachula, Chiapas, México., Rebollar-Téllez EA; Laboratorio de Entomología Médica, Departamento de Zoología de Invertebrados, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Universidad S/N, Cd. Universitaria, C.P. 66450, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, México - Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Carlos Canseco S/N. C.P. 64460, Mitras Centro, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Parasite (Paris, France) [Parasite] 2017; Vol. 24, pp. 33. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Aug 21.
DOI:	10.1051/parasite/2017034
Abstrakt:	Leishmaniases are a group of important diseases transmitted to humans through the bite of sandfly vectors. Several forms of leishmaniases are endemic in Mexico and especially in the Southeast region. In the Northeastern region, however, there have only been isolated reports of cases and scanty records of sandfly vectors. The main objective of this study was to analyze the diversity of sandflies and potential reservoir hosts of Leishmania spp. in the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. Species richness and abundances of sandflies and rodents were recorded. A fraction of the caught sandflies was analyzed by PCR to detect Leishmania spp. Tissues from captured rodents were also screened for infection. Ecological Niche Models (ENMs) were computed for species of rodent and their association with crop-growing areas. We found 13 species of sandflies, several of which are first records for this region. Medically important species such as Lutzomyia anthophora, Lutzomyia diabolica, Lutzomyia cruciata, and Lutzomyia shannoni were documented. Leishmania spp. infection was not detected in sandflies. Nine species of rodents were recorded, and Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana infection was found in four species of Peromyscus and Sigmodon. ENMs showed that potential distribution of rodent pest species overlaps with allocated crop areas. This shows that Leishmania (L.) mexicana infection is present in the Northeastern region of Mexico, and that previously unrecorded sandfly species occur in the same areas. These findings suggest a potential risk of transmission of Leishmania (L.) mexicana. (© J. Rodríguez-Rojas et al., published by EDP Sciences, 2017.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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