Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections
Sand flies within the genus Lutzomyia serve as the vectors for all species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania in the New World. In this paper, we present a summary of the 29 species of Lutzomyia and one of Brumptomyia previously reported for Nicaragua and report results of our recent collections o...
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| description | Sand flies within the genus Lutzomyia serve as the vectors for all species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania in the New World. In this paper, we present a summary of the 29 species of Lutzomyia and one of Brumptomyia previously reported for Nicaragua and report results of our recent collections of 565 sand flies at eight localities in the country from 2001-2006. Lutzomyia longipalpis was the predominant species collected within the Pacific plains region of western Nicaragua, while Lutzomyia cruciata or Lutzomyia barrettoi majuscula were the species most frequently collected in the central highlands and Atlantic plains regions. The collection of Lutzomyia durani (Vargas & Nájera) at San Jacinto in July 2001 is a new record for Nicaragua. Leishmaniasis is endemic to Nicaragua and occurs in three forms: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Cutaneous infections are the most prevalent type of leishmaniasis in Nicaragua and they occur in two different clinical manifestations, typical cutaneous leishmaniasis and atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis, depending on the species of the infecting Leishmania parasite. The distribution of sand flies collected during this study in relation to the geographic distribution of clinical forms of leishmaniasis in the country is also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8dd5500ce66f4f72b96f4733e3c502232023-08-02T08:46:25ZengFundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz1678-80602010-11-01105788989410.1590/S0074-02762010000700008S0074-02762010000700008Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collectionsRussell W Raymond0Chad P McHugh1Sara F Kerr2University of the Incarnate WordUnited States Air Force School of Aerospace MedicineUniversity of the Incarnate WordSand flies within the genus Lutzomyia serve as the vectors for all species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania in the New World. In this paper, we present a summary of the 29 species of Lutzomyia and one of Brumptomyia previously reported for Nicaragua and report results of our recent collections of 565 sand flies at eight localities in the country from 2001-2006. Lutzomyia longipalpis was the predominant species collected within the Pacific plains region of western Nicaragua, while Lutzomyia cruciata or Lutzomyia barrettoi majuscula were the species most frequently collected in the central highlands and Atlantic plains regions. The collection of Lutzomyia durani (Vargas & Nájera) at San Jacinto in July 2001 is a new record for Nicaragua. Leishmaniasis is endemic to Nicaragua and occurs in three forms: cutaneous, mucocutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis. Cutaneous infections are the most prevalent type of leishmaniasis in Nicaragua and they occur in two different clinical manifestations, typical cutaneous leishmaniasis and atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis, depending on the species of the infecting Leishmania parasite. The distribution of sand flies collected during this study in relation to the geographic distribution of clinical forms of leishmaniasis in the country is also discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000700008&lng=en&tlng=enLutzomyiaNicaraguaspecies checklistLeishmaniaLutzomyia durani |
| spellingShingle | Russell W Raymond Chad P McHugh Sara F Kerr Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Lutzomyia Nicaragua species checklist Leishmania Lutzomyia durani |
| title | Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections |
| title_full | Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections |
| title_fullStr | Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections |
| title_short | Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections |
| title_sort | sand flies of nicaragua a checklist and reports of new collections |
| topic | Lutzomyia Nicaragua species checklist Leishmania Lutzomyia durani |
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