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ACTA TROPICA
Volume 122, Issue 1, Pages 155-159Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.011
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Phlebotomus ariasi; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Andorra; Leishmaniasis
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- Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia of Spain [AGL2004-06909-C02-01]
- Department d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informacio de la Generalitat de Catalunya (Spain) [2009SGR385]
- European Union [GOCE-2003-010284 EDEN]
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During July 2007 sand fly captures were carried out in Andorra using sticky castor oil traps set in sand fly resting places for four consecutive nights. The sampling stations were located between 800 and 2400 m above sea level. The specimens captured belong to two species of the genus Phlebotomus subgenus Larroussius, Phlebotomus ariasi and Phlebotomus perniciosus. The results shed new light on the wide geographical and altitudinal distribution of P. ariasi in Andorra, where it was located between 800 and 2200 m a.s.l. The study also identified P. perniciosus in Andorra for the first time, with captures below 1000 m a.s.l. The finding of these species, both proven vectors of human and canine leishmaniasis in the bordering areas of France and Spain, is considered in terms of a possible emergence of leishmaniasis in Andorra, as has occurred in other parts of Europe. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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