The presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in a focus of American visceral leishmaniasis where the only proven vector is Lutzomyia cruzi. Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul State.
The present communication reports the presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, where the principal vector is Lutzomyia cruzi.
Coordenação Regional de Mato Grosso do Sul, Fundação Nacional de Saúde. sorayasantos@hotmail.com
Soraya Oliveira
SO
dos Santos
Jorge R
JR
Arias
Marta
M
de Paiva Hoffmann
Mara Beatriz Grotta
MB
Furlan
Wilson Francisco
WF
Ferreira
Claucio
C
Pereira
Lourival
L
Ferreira
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*