[Natural infection of Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912, in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis of Rio de Janeiro].
In a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, one specimen of Lutzomyia intermedia was found naturally infected with Leishmania braziliensis.
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000469:parasitology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000469:parasitology; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*
Infeccão natural de Lutzomyia intermedia Lutz & Neiva, 1912, em área endemica de leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado do Rio de Janeiro.