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MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ
Volume 99, Issue 8, Pages 795-803Publisher
FUNDACO OSWALDO CRUZ
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000800003
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phlebotominae; leishmaniasis; epidemiology; Belo Horizonte; Brazil
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A study on the phlebotomine sand fly fauna in Belo Horizonte city, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, was carried out. From April 2001 to March 2003, monthly systematic collections were performed in three houses from each of the nine regions of the city, using CDC light traps for four consecutive days. The traps were set into the houses and in peridomestic areas totaling 54 traps. A number of 3871 sand fly specimens of the genera Lutzomyia and Brumptomyia were collected Sixty eight percent of the specimens were L. longipalpis and 16 % L. whitmani, insect vectors of visceral and American cutaneous leishmaniasis, respectively. Environmental actors such as temperature, humidity, and frequency of precipitation suggest that the number of insects increases after rainy periods. During the same period mentioned above, seasonal captures were carried out in parks and green areas of Belo Horizonte, using Shannon trap. A total of 5 79 phlebotomine sand flies were collected from which 398 (68.7 %) were females with the predominance of L. whitmani and L. monticola. Those specimens were used for natural infection examination, by polymerase chain reaction. No Leishmania DNA was present in any of the specimens tested.
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