title: Phlebotomine sandflies in a focus of dermal leishmaniasis in the eastern region of the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina: preliminary results (Diptera: Psychodidae).
abstract: Due to the occurrence of cases of dermal leishmaniasis in the Municipality of Piçarras, in the East of the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina, collections of Phlebotomine sandflies by the use of CDC-like light traps were developed near the houses of the patients. Three species (Lutzomyia neivai, Lu. fischeri and Lu. ayrozai) were collected. Lu. neivai was predominant near the houses, and Lu. ayrozai was collected in a secondary forest in a nearby municipality (Navegantes). The novelty of this focus, the most southern one in the East of Brazil, underscores the need for more complete studies on the sandfly fauna.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia e Parasitologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Postal Box 476, 88040-900 Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. cbrisola@mbox1.ufsc.br
authors.forename: Carlos Brisola
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Marcondes
authors.forename: Maria Bernadete E
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Conceição
authors.forename: Maria Graça T
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Portes
authors.forename: Bento P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Simão
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*