[Feeding preference of sand flies in the Amazon, Maranhão State, Brazil].
The objective of this study was to determine the blood feeding sources for sand flies based on the precipitin test in Buriticupu, Amazon Region, Maranhão State, Brazil, from July 2002 to June 2004. Single (87.6%) and double (8%) reactions and non-reactive samples (4.4%) were found. The presence of sand flies fed on human blood (6.7%) and blood of animals that are possible peridomiciliary Leishmania reservoirs helps explain the reporting of autochthonous tegumentary leishmaniasis cases in Buriticupu.
Oliveira-Pereira
Yrla Nívea
YN
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Brasil.
Moraes
Jorge Luiz Pinto
JL
Lorosa
Elias Seixas
ES
Rebêlo
José Manuel Macário
JM
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D001938:Brazil; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000502:physiology*; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000502:physiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000502:physiology*