The first report of the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in America, Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Getúlio Dornelles Souza¹  Edmilson Dos Santos²  José Dilermando Andrade Filho² 

[1] ,Fundação Estadual de Produção e Pesquisa em Saúde Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas Divisão de Biologia Médica

关键词: Lutzomyia longipalpis;    sand fly;    Rio Grande do Sul;    leishmaniasis;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762009000800017

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a widespread zoonosis in Brazil and, up to now, there has been no record of the main vector of its agent, Lutzomyia longipalpis, in the Southern Region. Due to the diagnosis of VL in a dog in October 2008 in the city of São Borja, in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, a collection of phlebotomines was undertaken to detect the presence of the vector Lu. longipalpis. The captures were carried out with CDC light traps on three consecutive nights in 2008. A total of 39 specimens of Lu. longipalpis were captured, thereby increasing the knowledge of the geographical distribution of this important vector.

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