| ecology of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of rio de janeiro, brazil. | a study of the sand fly fauna was carried out in the endemic area ofamerican cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) in the municipality of mesquita, state of rio de janeiro, in an area where dwellings (with humans and dogs infected by leishmania (viannia) braziliensis) have been recently visited by sloths. weekly captures were made during two consecutive years in two different sites (1 m and 600 m above sea level) and in three different habitats in each site (domestic, extra-domestic and sylvatic) using ... | 2002 | 12546456 |
| contribution to the knowledge of the phlebotomine sand flies fauna (diptera: psychodidae) of timóteo municipality, minas gerais, brazil. | an investigation of the phlebotomine sandfloy fauna in the municipality of timóteo, minas gerais state, brazil, was undertaken with new jersey traps placed in seven neighborhoods from december 2005 to january 2006. a total of 2,289 phlebotomine sandfloy specimens were recorded. nyssomyia whitmani (antunes & coutinho) (48.1%), nyssomyia intermedia (lutz & neiva) (36.8%) and micropygomyia quinquefer (dyar) (7.1%) were the most abundant species sampled. some sandfloy species that play a role in the ... | 2009 | 19488518 |
| sandflies (diptera, psychodidae) from forest areas in botucatu municipality, central western são paulo state, brazil. | the study of the distribution and ecology of sandfly species is essential for epidemiological surveillance and estimation of the transmission risk of leishmania spp. infection. | 2013 | 23849624 |
| the sandfly fauna (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) of the parque estadual da serra da tiririca, rio de janeiro, brazil. | cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) in the state of rio de janeiro is sporadic and can be characterised as a peridomestic transmission that occurs in modified natural environments. the aim of this work was to study the fauna and ecological characteristics of sandflies in an environmentally protected area (the state park of serra da tiririca) within the remnants of the atlantic forest in the municipalities of niterói and maricá and their possible relationship with leishmaniasis. captures were performed ... | 0 | 24141956 |
| description of lutzomyia bianchigalatiae n. sp. a sand fly within the subgenus pintomyia costa lima 1932 (diptera; psychodidae). | a new sand fly species is described based on males collected in bananal, municipality of mariana and the female from sabará city, state of minas gerais, brazil. taxonomic remarks, geographic distribution and the description of new species are presented. the name lutzomyia (pintomyia) bianchigalatiae is in honour of dr eunice aparecida bianchi galati, friend and researcher at the faculdade de saúde pública, universidade de são paulo. | 2003 | 10585651 |