Phlebotomine fauna in a rural area of the Brazilian Pantanal

Authors

  • Lourdislene Costa Braga-Miranda Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Marcos Miranda Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Eunice A Bianchi Galati Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Epidemiologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102006000200021

Keywords:

Phlebotominae, Psychodidae, Insect vectors, Ecology vectors, Rural population

Abstract

The aim of the study was to identify among the phlebotomine fauna potential leishmaniasis vectors. The study was carried out in Corumbá county, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Mid-West Brazil (18º59'S, 56º39'W). Sand fly captures were undertaken fortnightly with automatic light traps at 11 sites in forested environments and anthropic areas from April 2001 to July 2003. A total of only 41 specimens were captured. Thirty-one percent of the specimens were captured in forests and 68.3% in anthropic areas. The predominance of non-anthropophilic groups and the low density of N. whitmani, a known cutaneous leishmaniasis vector, does not seem to indicate any actual risk of the transmission of this disease in the study area.

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Published

2006-04-01

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Brief Communications

How to Cite

Braga-Miranda, L. C., Miranda, M., & Galati, E. A. B. (2006). Phlebotomine fauna in a rural area of the Brazilian Pantanal . Revista De Saúde Pública, 40(2), 324-326. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102006000200021