title: Leishmaniasis in Brazil. XXV. Sandfly vectors of Leishmania in Pará State, Brazil.
abstract: Leishmania of the braziliensis complex were isolated from various members of the squamiventris series sandflies, including Psychodopygus chagasi (Costa Lima), P.s.maripaensis (Ready et al.), P.s.squamiventris (Lutz & Neiva), and also P.ayrozai (Barreto & Coutinho) and Lutzomyia umbratilis Ward & Fraiha. Three different serodemes of Le.b.guyanensis Floch were isolated from Lu.anduzei Rozeboom, Lu.umbratilis and Lu.whitmani Antunes & Coutinho, simultaneously captured in the same area. Unidentified Leishmania were isolated from P.claustrei Abonnenc et al., and trypanosomes from Lu.pinottii Damasceno & Arouck and an unidentified species of Lutzomyia. A naturally infected female P.s.maripaensis transmitted a braziliensis complex Leishmania, by bite, to a hamster.
authors.affiliation: Wellcome Parasitology Unit, Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lainson
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Braga
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006224:Cricetinae; D005260:Female; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D007892:Leishmania braziliensis / Q000502:physiology*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*