Phlebotomines collected in remaining florests and wild animal shelters in zoological garden in the urban area of Maringá, Paraná State, shoutern Brazil. Preliminary study

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Kühl, João Balduíno¹  Santos, Demilson Rodrigues dos¹  Maróstica, Lídia Maria da Fonseca¹  Rodrigues, Mauro¹  Santos, Élcio Silvestre dos¹  Teodoro, Ueslei¹  Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá¹ 

关键词: Urban leishmaniasis;    Sand flies;    Lutzomyia whitmani;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86821998000600002

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

The present study was undertaken after the detection of one case of cutaneous leishmaniasis with presumed infection in one of the three remaining wooded areas in the urban area of the city of Maringá, Southern Brazil; also in view of the lack of knowledge about sand flies and their behavior. From June to September, 1995, sand flies were caught with Falcão traps during the night in the remaining wooded areas (Parque do Ingá, Bosque Dois and Horto Florestal). A total of 2,907 sand flies were caugth in Parque do Ingá; 1,723 of them were aught in forest traps and 1,184 in wild animal shelter traps at the zoo. The results show that Lutzomyia whitmani is better adapted to the three areas under study and that it frequently occurs in wild animal shelters within the urban perimeter of Maringá.

【 授权许可】

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