title: [Aspects of the ecology and behaviour of phlebotomines in endemic area for visceral leishmaniasis in State of Minas Gerais].
abstract: Studies on the behavioral and feeding habits of some species of phlebotominae sand flies have contributed to the comprehension of the epidemiology of leishmaniasis. In the present work, systematic captures were performed monthly in the municipality of Porteirinha (MG) using 28 light traps (CDC) from January to December 2002. Fourteen different species of phlebotomine were captured in a total of 1,408 specimens. The highest percentage of individuals (53.3%) was collected in the peridomicile against 46.7% in the intradomicile. Lutzomyia longipalpis was the predominant species in that region. The blood feeding of 38 females of this species from the field was analyzed by precipitin reaction. The results indicated that Lutzomyia longipalpis is an opportunist (65.1%) species that feeds on a wide variety of vertebrates in nature.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG.
authors.forename: Ricardo Andrade
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Barata
authors.forename: João Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: França-Silva
authors.forename: Wilson
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mayrink
authors.forename: Jaime Costa da
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Aluízio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prata
authors.forename: Elias Seixas
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Lorosa
authors.forename: Jaqueline Araújo
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fiúza
authors.forename: Caroline Macedo
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Kênia Maria de
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.forename: Edelberto Santos
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Dias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons