Recent observations on the sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of the State of Rondônia, Western Amazônia, Brazil: the importance of Psychdopygus davisi as a vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 98(6): 751-755, Sept. 2003. tab
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Sand flies were collected in the central region of the state of Rondônia (W 64 30' to 63 00' and S 10 00'to 11 00') using Shannon and CDC light traps from October 1997 to August 2000. A total of 85,850 specimens representing 78 named species were captured. Of these 14 were new records for Rondônia. The proportion of males/females was 1/1.131. Trypanosomatids, that are presently being identified, were detected in 11 species. Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi was recorded from Psychodopygus davisi and P. hirsutus. In the present study the dominant species was P. davisi (39.6 percent) followed by Lutzomyia whitmani (13.1 percent), P. carrerai (11.6 percent), and P. hirsutus (10.2 percent). The importance of P. davisi as a vector of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is discussed
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Main subject:
Psychodidae
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Insect Vectors
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
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Parasitology
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Cento de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical/BR
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Fundaçäo Nacional de Saúde/BR
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Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas/BR
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Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR