Blood feeding patterns of Nyssomyia intermedia and Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area of the Ribeira Valley, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Blood feeding patterns of Nyssomyia intermedia and Nyssomyia neivai (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area of the Ribeira Valley, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Introduction The aim of this study was to identify the blood feeding sources of Nyssomyia intermedia (Ny. intermedia) and Nyssomyia neivai (Ny. neivai), which are Leishmania vectors and the predominant sandfly species in the Ribeira Valley, State of São Paulo, Brazil, an endemic area for cutaneous l...

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Main Authors: Ana Maria Marassa, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Denise Pimentel Bergamaschi, Cleide Aschenbrenner Consales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2013-09-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Phlebotomine
Sandfly
Nyssomyia intermedia
Nyssomyia neivai
Blood feeding sources
American cutaneous leishmaniasis
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