Leishmania infections in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera:Psychodidae) on the island of São Luis, Maranhão State, Brazil.
Dissection of Lutzomyia longipalpis, captured in the São Luis focus of visceral Leishmaniasis revealed a 1.8% promastigote infection rate.
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D006224:Cricetinae; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*