| Journal: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000405470 |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 |
| Authors: | Saraiva, Lara1 Leite, Camila Goncalves2 Lima, Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano da Rocha1 Carvalho, Luiz Otavio Alves de2 Pereira, Agnes Antonia Sampaio1 Rugani, Jeronimo Marteleto Nunes1 Rego, Felipe Dutra1 Gontijo, Celia Maria Ferreira1 Andrade-Filho, Jose Dilermando1 |
| Institutions: | 1Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Rene Rachou, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil 2Prefeitura Municipal de Belo Horizonte, Gerencia de Controle de Zoonoses, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Brasil |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 112 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Pages: | 309-318 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Experimental, aplicado |
| English abstract | Leishmaniases are a serious health problem in southeast Brazil, including the city of Belo Horizonte (BH), Minas Gerais state (MG), where there are high rates of incidence and mortality due to visceral leishmaniases. BH is divided into nine sanitary districts (SD) of which one, the Venda Nova SD, was selected for this study because it has high rates of positivity for canine leishmaniasis and high incidence of human leishmaniasis. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to survey the sand fly fauna in Venda Nova SD from August 2011 to July 2013 and perform a descriptive analysis of the vector population. METHODS The sampling was carried out using automatic HP light traps at all covered areas of the Venda Nova SD, in a total of eighteen light traps. Sampled specimens were identified following Galati (2003), and females were submitted to molecular techniques for the detection and identification of Leishmania DNA. A simple environmental description was done for it area and Kernel estimation was used to infer vector density for each study site. FINDINGS A total of 2,427 sand fly specimens belonging to eight species and five genera were collected of which 95.3% were Lutzomyia longipalpis. The seasonal variation curve was delineated by this species. Lu. longipalpis was the most abundant at all collection points and in all months of the study, and exhibited a natural infection rate of 1.01% for Leishmania infantum and 1.77% for Leishmania braziliensis. MAIN CONCLUSIONS The results show the presence and adaptation of Lu. longipalpis to the anthropic environment of BH and reinforces its role as the main vector of L. infantum in the region |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Biología |
| Keyword: | Salud pública, Insectos, Parasitología, Leishmaniasis visceral, Epidemiología, Vectores biológicos, Dinámica de poblaciones, Lutzomyia longipalpis, Areas endémicas |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Biology, Public health, Insects, Parasitology, Visceral leishmaniasis, Epidemiology, Biological vectors, Population dynamics, Lutzomyia longipalpis, Endemic areas |
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