Phlebotominae sand flies in Paraguay. Abundance distribution in the Southeastern region
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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98(2): 185-190, Mar. 15, 2003. mapas, tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
From September 1993 to August 2001, 7,190 phlebotomine were collected with CDC light trap in an endemic area for human leishmaniasis, in the departments of Misiones and Itapúa, Paraguay. Eleven species were identified Lutzomyia neivai (93.7 percent), L. whitmani (4.1 percent), and L. fischeri, L. shannoni, L. migonei, L. misionensis, L. cortelezzii, L. pessoai, L. alphabetica, Brumptomyia avellari and B. guimaraesi (less than 1 percent). The last three species are new records for the country. The biodiversity and phlebotomine abundance were associated with the proximity to primary forest or gallery forest, but L. neivai was also found in peridomestic periurban environment. L. neivai was found throughout the year, and showed a period of higher activity from September to April (spring to fall) with a unimodal or bimodal pattern in relation to the annual rainy peaks during the summer. Background literature about phlebotomine from Paraguay has been reviewed
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Main subject:
Psychodidae
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Insect Vectors
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Paraguay
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Argentina
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Paraguay
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Nacional de Diagnóstico e Investigación en Endemo-Epidemias/AR
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Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores/AR
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Universidad Nacional de Asunción/PY
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Universidad Nacional de La Plata/AR
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