Title
First record of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) on the trinational frontier (Brazil-Peru-Bolivia) of South-Western Amazonia
Date Issued
01 September 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Borges D.A.
Molina S.M.G.
Pinto M.C.
Galati E.A.B.
Cesario M.
State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
In South America, the main sand fly species involved in the transmission of Leishmania infantum chagasi (Cunha & Chagas, 1937), etiological agent of the visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912). The species has been recorded in Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil, where it is recorded in 24 of the 27 Brazilian states, except Acre, Amazonas, and Santa Catarina. Collections were carried out for one year (April 2013 to March 2014) using modified CDC light traps in different environments in Assis Brasil municipality, state of Acre. Two males of Lu. longipalpis were found in peridomiciliary location in a periurban area. This is the first record of the species in Acre. This finding may be considered by the health agencies located in the trinational frontier, and new collections are needed to evaluate the real distribution of the species.
Start page
1425
End page
1429
Volume
54
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Salud pública, Salud ambiental Epidemiología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85030447594
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Medical Entomology
ISSN of the container
00222585
Sponsor(s)
We thank Dr. Marco Tulio Antonio Garcia-Zapata for all helpful suggestion and discussions. We also thank the support received in Assis Brasil, provided by the Municipal Health Secretariat, by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio), and the various citizens that allowed and permitted our work in their households, in Assis Brasil, Acre, Brazil, for the support received. We are grateful to CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development Fellowship #140363/2015-7) and CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), by the scholarships for the doctorate in the respective programs, Animal Biology (UNICAMP) and Apllied Ecology (inter-unit USP/ESALQ and CENA). The entomological collections were made possible through the FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) Thematic Grant 08/58.156-8 and the SNIS trinational “Andes-Amazon” grant.
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