Especies de moscas flebótomas en Paraguay y su infeción con Leishmania / Annual Reports 1992 / Phlebotomine sandfly species in Paraguay and their infection with Leishamnia

Nine species of sandflies, Lutzomyia. All the species collected were found to be anthropophilic. Hindgut infections with leishmanial promastigotes were observed in only one (0-38 por ciento) of the 266 L. whitmani dissected. No L. intermedia were found infected, giving an overall infection rate of one (0-16 por ciento) of 615 flies dissected. The results indicate a very low rate of natural infection in endemic areas of Paraguay