| man-vector contact of phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in north-central venezuela as assessed by blood meal identification using dot-elisa. | human bait is traditionally used to assess man-vector contact, which is a key point in the study of the epidemiology of vector-borne diseases. however, in highly endemic foci, where this method should be avoided, this information could be obtained by blood meal analysis of engorged insects. in the village el ingenio, miranda state, venezuela, lutzomyia ovallesi and lutzomyia gomezi are vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl). from june 1994 to march 1995, sand flies were collected inside houses ... | 1998 | 9599320 |