title: Phlebotomine sandfly species from an American visceral leishmaniasis area in the Northern Rainforest region of Pernambuco State, Brazil.
abstract: The aim of this study was to identify the fauna of phlebotomine sandflies in an area with incidence of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) in São Vicente Férrer, a municipality (county) located in the northern Zona da Mata in Pernambuco State, Brazil. Sandfly captures were conducted monthly for four nights/month from December 2002 to November 2003, by means of manual captures (with a Shannon trap) and by CDC light traps. A total of 23,156 specimens of phlebotomines sandflies were collected in a remnant of the Atlantic rainforest, houses, and animal shelters. Lutzomyia complexa was the most prevalent species, with a frequency of 62.5% (14,445/23,156), followed by Lutzomyia migonei, with 33.2% (7,677/23,156). No Lutzomyia longipalpis (the main vector of Leishmania chagasi in Brazil and the Americas) was found in the target area. Some specimens were dissected, but no Leishmania parasites were found.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Rosimery
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Bruna Santos
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: José Ferreira
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Marinho-Júnior
authors.forename: Fernando José
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Hélio França
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Valença
authors.forename: Francisco de Assis
authors.initials: Fde A
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Amilton Lopes
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.forename: Sinval Pinto
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Brandão-Filho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012621:Seasons