| [phlebotomine sandflies in fragments of rain forest in recife, pernambuco state]. | an investigation was conducted into the distribution of sandfly fauna in 4 fragments of atlantic forest in the metropolitan area of recife. it consisted of the capture adult insects using cdc light traps. a total of 1,173 specimens were distributed in 11 species of lutzomyia: lutzomyia evandroi, lutzomyia choti, lutzomyia walkeri, lutzomyia umbratilis, lutzomyia brasiliensis, lutzomyia sordellii, lutzomyia claustrei, lutzomyia wellcomei, lutzomyia fluviatilis, lutzomyia furcata e lutzomyia araga ... | 2005 | 15895182 |
| sand fly species composition (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) in the municipality of cantagalo , an area with sporadic cases of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in rio de janeiro state, brazil. | the municipality of cantagalo is an area with sustained transmission of american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl). monthly sand fly collections were performed for three years (june 2012 - may 2015) using a cdc light trap. a total of 3,310 specimens belonging to 12 species were trapped: nyssomyia intermedia, nyssomyia whitmani, migonemyia migonei, evandromyia lenti, evandromyia cortelezzii, micropygomyia quinquefer, brumptomyia brumpti, psathyromyia aragaoi, micropygomyia schreiberi, pintomyia fisch ... | 0 | 27410910 |
| 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 |
| ecological aspects of phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) from a cave of the speleological province of bambuí, brazil. | phlebotomines are invertebrate hosts of leishmania genus species which are etiological agents of leishmaniases in humans and other mammals. sandflies are often collected in entomological studies of caves both in the inner area and the adjacent environments. caves are ecotypes clearly different from the external environment. several caves have been opened to public visitation before any studies were performed and the places do not have scientific monitoring of the fauna, flora, geological and geo ... | 2013 | 24130847 |
| phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) and leishmania infection in gafanhoto park, divinópolis, brazil. | the potential of gafanhoto park as an american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) focus was evaluated by examination of sand fly vectors of the leishmania parasite. this forest remnant is located in a periurban area of divin6polis, brazil, where autochthonous cases of acl have been reported. sand fly populations were monitored over a 2-yr period (2006-2008) by using light traps (hp and shannon). during systematic collections with hp traps, 824 specimens in total (342 males and 482 females) of 21 spec ... | 2010 | 21175074 |
| phlebotomine fauna (diptera: psychodidae) of an american cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area in the state of mato grosso do sul, brazil. | the occurrence of an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis associated with leishmania (leishmania) amazonensis in the municipality of bela vista, state of mato grosso do sul, brazil, and the absence of information on its vectors in this area led the authors to undertake captures of phlebotomine sand flies, using shannon traps and automatic cdc light traps, in domiciles, forested areas and animal shelters from february 2004-january 2006. a total of 808 specimens belonging to 18 sandfly species have ... | 2009 | 19820827 |
| abundance of lutzomyia longipalpis (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) and urban transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in campo grande, state of mato grosso do sul, brazil. | the outspread and urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) in campo grande, state of mato grosso do sul, lead us to undertake the present study over diversity and abundance of sand flies in the urban area to compare with previous search carried out during 1999/2000, before the identification of the disease in the human population. the captures were carried out with automatic light traps, weekly, from february 2004 to february 2005 on three sites including a forested area (zé pereira), two per ... | 2006 | 17293981 |
| phlebotomine sand flies in the state of piauí, brazil (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae). | in 1997, 1998 and 1999 we performed several captures in the state of piauí, in the counties of barro duro, campo maior, castelo, floriano, picos, são raimundo nonato and teresina. we used cdc light traps inside houses, in a primary forest and in one cave. seventeen species were collected being lutzomyia longipalpis, lutzomyia samueli, lutzomyia whitmani and lutzomyia lenti the most captured species. the genus brumptomyia, l. whitmani, lutzomyia sordellii, lutzomyia carmelinoi, lutzomyia termitop ... | 2001 | 11784927 |
| ecological interactions among phlebotomines (diptera: psychodidae) in an agroforestry environment of northeast brazil. | phlebotomine vectors transmit parasites and can cause visceral leishmaniasis (vl) or cutaneous leishmaniasis (tl). phlebotomine females are hematophagous but need to ingest carbohydrates, possibly promoting the development of protozoan parasites in their digestive tract. the present study evaluated the species composition and abundance across several habitats in a metropolitan landscape, as well as associations among phlebotomines, plants, and local climatic parameters. three consecutive monthly ... | 2013 | 24581360 |
| species diversity of sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) during different seasons and in different environments in the district of taquaruçú, state of tocantins, brazil. | phlebotomine sandflies are the vectors for the protozoan parasites that cause leishmaniasis. the present study investigated the species composition of sandfly fauna in the rural district of taquaruçú, municipality of palmas, state of tocantins, brazil and compared the diversity of species among intradomicile, peridomicile and forest environments during the dry and rainy seasons. sandflies were collected using cdc light traps over the course of three months during the dry and rainy seasons. a tot ... | 2012 | 23147157 |
| [sand flies in timóteo, minas gerais, brazil] | sporadic cases of tegumentary leishmaniasis have occurred in timóteo, minas gerais state, basically among the rural population. in order to study the region's sand fly population, new jersey light traps were set in seven different neighborhoods. specimens were gathered from june through october 1994, december 1994, and january through march 1995, with a total of 3,240 hours per trap. a total of 4,396 sand flies were captured, distributed among two genera and twenty species: brumptomyia cunhai, b ... | 1997 | 10886917 |
| sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) from the brazilian atlantic forest domain collected with malaise traps. | here, we present the results of a 2-yr sampling using malaise traps along the atlantic forest domain from the northeast to the south of brazil. in total, 217 sand flies were collected, of which the most abundant species was bichromomyia flaviscutellata (mangabeira, 1942) (60.4%), followed by psychodopygus ayrozai (barretto & coutinho, 1940) (11%) and micropygomyia schreiberi (martins, falcão & silva, 1975) (4.1%), and the remaining less abundant species comprised 10.1% of the total of sand flies ... | 2016 | 27343176 |
| study of sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) in visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis areas in the central-western state of minas gerais, brazil. | the transmission of leishmania involves several species of sand flies that are closely associated with various parasites and reservoirs, with differing transmission cycles in brazil. a study on the phlebotomine species composition has been conducted in the municipality of divinópolis, minas gerais, brazil, an endemic area for cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl), which has intense occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis (vl) cases. in order to study the sand flies populations and their seasonality, cdc lig ... | 2013 | 23178219 |
| analysis of sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) in barra do garças, state of mato grosso, brazil, and the influence of environmental variables on the vector density of lutzomyia longipalpis (lutz & neiva, 1912). | leishmaniasis is an infectious and parasitic zoonotic, non-contagious, vector-borne disease caused by protozoa of the genus leishmania. in brazil, the major vector of leishmania (leishmania) infantum chagasi (cunha & chagas, 1934) is lutzomyia longipalpis. barra do garças, state of mato grosso, was designated as a priority area by the brazilian ministry of health for american visceral leishmaniasis, and it is important to identify the vector species present in this municipality. our objective wa ... | 2012 | 22760128 |
| sand flies (diptera, psychodidae, phlebotominae), vectors of leishmania protozoa, at an atlantic forest conservation unit in the municipality of nísia floresta, rio grande do norte state, brazil. | sand flies are insect vectors of protozoa from the genus leishmania, causative parasites of visceral and american tegumentary leishmaniases. the present study discusses the bioecological aspects of sand fly species, transmitters of leishmania protozoa, in different ecotopes of an atlantic forest conservation unit located in the metropolitan region of natal, rio grande do norte state, brazil. | 2016 | 26864023 |
| sandflies in an urban area of transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in midwest brazil. | the phlebotomine fauna of campo grande city, capital of mato grosso do sul state in brazil, an endemic area for visceral leishmaniasis, has been thoroughly investigated, but all the insect collections were undertaken with automatic light traps. the present study sought to investigate the fauna in this city using shannon and disney traps, having human beings and hamsters, respectively, as bait. both types of traps were installed in forest fragment and peridomiciliary areas in the period from 2007 ... | 2016 | 27593433 |
| sand fly captures with disney traps in area of occurrence of leishmania (leishmania) amazonensis in the state of mato grosso do sul, mid-western brazil. | the work was conducted to study phlebotomine fauna (diptera: psychodidae) and aspects of american cutaneous leishmaniasis transmission in a forested area where leishmania (leishmania) amazonensis occurs, situated in the municipality of bela vista, state of mato grosso do sul, brazil. | 2010 | 21085855 |
| [bilateral anomaly in the style of sciopemyia sordellii (shannon & del ponte) (diptera, psychodidae)]. | this paper presents a male specimen of sciopemyia sordellii with a rare bilateral anomaly, consisting in eight spines in a style and five in the other. tis species has four spines in each style as its normal number. the specimen was captured using a cdc light trap, in a forested area in the state park "floresta estadual edmundo navarro de andrade", in may 2004, located in the city of rio claro, são paulo state, brazil. similar anomaly was once described but this is the first specimen found with ... | 2009 | 19772779 |
| [sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) collected with malaise trap in the center-west of minas gerais state, brazil]. | the aim of this paper was to verify the sand fly species collected with malaise trap in the cities of divinópolis and pedra do indaiá, both located in minas gerais state. collections were carried out between november 2003 and october 2004. thirty two specimens were captured belonging to seven species: pintomyia monticola (costa lima), nyssomyia whitmani (antunes & coutinho), pintomyia christenseni (young & duncan), evandromyia cortelezzii (brèthes), sciopemyia sordellii (shannon & del ponte), pi ... | 2008 | 18368260 |
| phlebotomines in an area endemic for american cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeastern coast of brazil. | phlebotomines have worldwide distribution with many species present in brazil, including the northeastern region, where the fauna is very diverse. the aim of this study was to identify the sandfly fauna in an area endemic for american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) in the state of pernambuco. sandflies were caught on three consecutive nights every month from october 2015 to september 2016, from 5 pm to 5 am, using seven light traps of centers for disease control (cdc) type. females were identifie ... | 2017 | 28902258 |
| phlebotomine sandflies (diptera: psychodidae) in são vicente férrer, a sympatric area to cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in the state of pernambuco, brazil. | in the last decades, a considerable geographic expansion of the leishmaniases in all regions of brazil has been observed. the present study was carried out to identify the composition of the phlebotomine sandfly fauna and verify the seasonal variation of the main species after environmental changes occurred in são vicente férrer municipality, state of pernambuco, brazil. | 2012 | 22370831 |
| anthropophily of lutzomyia wellcomei (diptera: psychodidae) in an atlantic forest conservation unit in northeast brazil. | lutzomyia wellcomei (fraiha, shaw & lainson) (diptera: psychodidae) can act as an important vector of leishmania (viannia) braziliensis this study presents the results of collections carried out in a fragment of atlantic forest in a conservation unit of rio grande do norte state. collections occurred over 12 consecutive months using shannon and cdc traps. a total of 777 sand flies from eight species were collected: lutzomyia walkeri (newstead), lutzomyia evandroi (costa lima & antunes), lutzomyi ... | 2016 | 27330100 |
| molecular detection of leishmania dna in wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) from a cave in the state of minas gerais, brazil. | leishmania spp. are distributed throughout the world, and different species are associated with varying degrees of disease severity. in brazil, leishmania transmission involves several species of phlebotomine sand flies that are closely associated with different parasites and reservoirs, and thereby giving rise to different transmission cycles. infection occurs during the bloodmeals of sand flies obtained from a variety of wild and domestic animals, and sometimes from humans. the present study f ... | 2017 | 28082647 |