Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in an American tegumentary leishmaniasis transmission area in northern Espírito Santo State, Brazil Fauna de flebotomíneos (Diptera, Psychodidae) em área de transmissão de leishmaniose tegumentar americana no norte do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in an American tegumentary leishmaniasis transmission area in northern Espírito Santo State, Brazil Fauna de flebotomíneos (Diptera, Psychodidae) em área de transmissão de leishmaniose tegumentar americana no norte do Estado do Espírito Santo, Brasil

American tegumentary leishmaniasis is endemic to the Espírito Santo State, Brazil, where it is widely distributed. The composition of the phlebotomine sand fly fauna in an American tegumentary leishmaniasis focus was determined by monthly sampling, using Shannon light traps in an Atlantic Forest res...

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Main Authors: Thieres Marassati das Virgens, Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Israel de Souza Pinto, Kleber Silveira da Silva, Fernanda Cristina Leal, Aloísio Falqueto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz 2008-12-01
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Subjects:
Leishmaniose
Psychodidae
Ecologia de Vetores
Leishmaniasis
Vector Ecology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2008001200029

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