Density assessment and reporting for Phlebotomus perniciosus and other sand fly species in periurban residential estates in Spain
Autor: | Pedro Pérez-Cutillas, J. Risueño, Tatiana Spitzova, P. F. Sánchez-López, Laura Murcia, L. J. Bernal, L. Del Rio, J.D. García-Martínez, Juana Ortiz, Carlos Martínez-Carrasco, Clara Serna Muñoz, P. De la Rúa, E. Goyena, Moisés Gonzálvez, R. Ruiz de Ybáñez, Francisco Collantes, S. Elshanat, Eduardo Berriatua |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Mediterranean climate
Male Arthropods and Medical Entomology - Original Paper Density Distribution Environment Dogs Cave Canine leishmaniasis medicine Animals Phlebotomus Leishmania infantum Leishmaniasis Leishmania geography geography.geographical_feature_category General Veterinary biology Ecology General Medicine Vegetation medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Residential Insect Vectors Infectious Diseases Spain Insect Science Vector (epidemiology) Parasitology Female Psychodidae |
Zdroj: | Parasitology Research |
ISSN: | 1432-1955 0932-0113 |
Popis: | Green periurban residential areas in Mediterranean countries have flourished in the last decades and become foci for leishmaniasis. To remedy the absence of information on vector ecology in these environments, we examined phlebotomine sand fly distribution in 29 sites in Murcia City over a 3-year period, including the plots of 20 detached houses and nine non-urbanized sites nearby. We collected 5,066 specimens from five species using “sticky” interception and light attraction traps. The relative frequency of the main Leishmania infantum vector Phlebotomus perniciosus in these traps was 32% and 63%, respectively. Sand fly density was widely variable spatially and temporally and greatest in non-urbanized sites, particularly in caves and abandoned buildings close to domestic animal holdings. Phlebotomus perniciosus density in house plots was positively correlated with those in non-urbanized sites, greatest in larger properties with extensive vegetation and non-permanently lived, but not associated to dog presence or a history of canine leishmaniasis. Within house plots, sand fly density was highest in traps closest to walls. Furthermore, the study provides a guideline for insect density assessment and reporting and is envisioned as a building block towards the development of a pan-European database for robust investigation of environmental determinants of sand fly distribution. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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