Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with opossum nests at urban sites in southeastern Brazil: a risk factor for urban and periurban zoonotic Leishmania transmission?

Sandflies associated with opossum nests are reported for the first time in the yards of residences located in the urban area of the municipality of Monte Mor, situated in the metropolitan region of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Eleven specimens of Evandromyia cortelezzii and one of Evandromy...

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Published in:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 2014-06, Vol.109 (3), p.391-393
Main Authors: Cutolo, Andre Antonio, Teodoro, Anna Karollina Menezes, Ovallos, Fredy Galvis, Allegretti, Silmara Marques, Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brazil
Female
Insect Vectors - classification
leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis - transmission
opossum
Opossums
PARASITOLOGY
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Population Density
Psychodidae - classification
reservoir
Risk Factors
Short Communications
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Urban Population
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Summary:Sandflies associated with opossum nests are reported for the first time in the yards of residences located in the urban area of the municipality of Monte Mor, situated in the metropolitan region of Campinas, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Eleven specimens of Evandromyia cortelezzii and one of Evandromyia lenti were captured in two Didelphis albiventris nests. Ev. cortelezzii is considered a secondary vector species for the transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in the Neotropics. This association may contribute to the introduction, establishment and maintenance of urban and periurban zoonotic transmission outbreaks of Leishmania and should therefore be investigated further.
ISSN:1678-8060
0074-0276
1678-8060
DOI:10.1590/0074-0276130511