title: [Visceral leishmaniasis: a study on phlebotomine sand flies and canine infection in Montes Claros, State of Minas Gerais].
abstract: Visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil was initially associated with rural areas. However, due to several environmental modifications such as deforestation, urbanization and intense migratory processes, there has been an expansion of endemic areas, leading to urbanization of the disease, mainly in the central and northeastern regions of Brazil. In the municipality of Montes Claros, located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais, an epidemiological survey on VL was carried out. A canine serological inquiry was carried out in 2002 and an entomological survey, using luminous CDC traps, was performed from September 2002 to August 2003. Canine VL prevalence showed an average infection rate of approximately 5%. An estimated 16 species comprised the phlebotomine sand fly fauna, based on a total of 1043 specimens. The predominant species was Lutzomyia longipalpis with a rate of 74%, suggesting its participation in the transmission of VL in the municipality of Montes Claros.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG.
authors.forename: Erika Michalsky
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.forename: João Carlos França
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Roberto Teodoro
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Daniela Camargos
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Ricardo Andrade
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.forename: Edvá Vieira
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: de Paula
authors.forename: George Luis Lins
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Machado-Coelho
authors.forename: Marília Fonseca
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Rocha
authors.forename: Consuelo Latorre
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Fortes-Dias
authors.forename: Edelberto Santos
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004285:Dogs; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D015995:Prevalence; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies