title: [Occurrence of sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in leishmaniasis foci in an ecotourism area around the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil].
abstract: The distribution and relative abundance of sand fly species were studied in the municipality of Barreirinhas, Maranhão State, Brazil, around the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, from January to June 2005, August 2004, July 2005, and September/2008. A total of 6,658 specimens were captured. The most frequent species were Lutzomyia whitmani (46.6%), L. longipalpis (29.9%), L. evandroi (17.1%), and L. lenti (4.8%), while L. termitophila, L. flaviscutellata, L. migonei, L. infraspinosa, L. sordellii, L. wellcomei, L. antunesi, and L. trinidadensis represented 1.6%. The presence of Leishmania vector species explains the high detection rate for tegumentary leishmaniasis in 2000 (308.2), 2001 (310.9), 2002 (338.2), and 2005 (313.6) and active foci of human visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of Barreirinhas.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luís, Brasil. macariorebelo@uol.com.br
authors.forename: José Manuel Macário
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rebêlo
authors.forename: Antonildes Nascimento
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Assunção Júnior
authors.forename: Orleans
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Jorge Luiz Pinto
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Moraes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012621:Seasons