RESUMO
In the State of Mato Grosso, 100% of the municipalities have records of autochthonous cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. The present study had the aim of investigating the geographical distribution of the Lutzomyia whitmani in the state. Mato Grosso has three distinct ecosystems: the savannah, the marshland and the area of the Amazon domain. Data on occurrences of Lutzomyia whitmani were obtained from reports on entomological surveys carried out by the Entomology Group of the National Health Foundation between 1996 and 2000 and by the Entomology Laboratory of the Mato Grosso State Health Department between 2001 and 2006. Entomological surveys were performed in 83 (59.7%) of the 139 municipalities of Mato Grosso. Lutzomyia whitmani was caught in 70 (84.3%) municipalities, with widespread distribution in all types of vegetation.
Assuntos
Insetos Vetores/classificação , Psychodidae/classificação , Animais , Brasil , Geografia , Leishmaniose Cutânea/transmissão , Dinâmica PopulacionalRESUMO
No Estado de Mato Grosso, 100 por cento dos municípios apresentam registros de casos autóctones de leishmaniose tegumentar americana. O presente trabalho objetivou verificar a distribuição geográfica de Lutzomyia whitmani no estado. Mato Grosso possui três ecossistemas distintos, o cerrado, o pantanal e área de domínio amazônico. Os dados sobre a ocorrência de Lutzomyia whitmani foram obtidos a partir de relatórios de pesquisa entomológica realizados pelo Núcleo de Entomologia da Fundação Nacional de Saúde no período de 1996 a 2000 e de 2001 a 2006 pelo Laboratório de Entomologia da Secretaria Estadual de Saúde de Mato Grosso. Foram realizadas pesquisas entomológicas em 83 (59,7 por cento) dos 139 municípios de Mato Grosso. Lutzomyia whitmani foi capturado em 70 (84,3 por cento) municípios, com ampla distribuição em todos os tipos de vegetação.
In the State of Mato Grosso, 100 percent of the municipalities have records of autochthonous cases of American cutaneous leishmaniasis. The present study had the aim of investigating the geographical distribution of the Lutzomyia whitmani in the state. Mato Grosso has three distinct ecosystems: the savannah, the marshland and the area of the Amazon domain. Data on occurrences of Lutzomyia whitmani were obtained from reports on entomological surveys carried out by the Entomology Group of the National Health Foundation between 1996 and 2000 and by the Entomology Laboratory of the Mato Grosso State Health Department between 2001 and 2006. Entomological surveys were performed in 83 (59.7 percent) of the 139 municipalities of Mato Grosso. Lutzomyia whitmani was caught in 70 (84.3 percent) municipalities, with widespread distribution in all types of vegetation.
