title: Peridomiciliary breeding sites of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic area of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in southeastern Brazil.
abstract: The occurrence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in areas modified by humans indicates that phlebotomine sand fly vectors breed close to human habitations. Potential peridomiciliary breeding sites of phlebotomines were sampled in an area of transmission of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in Southeastern Brazil. Three concentric circles rounding houses and domestic animal shelters, with radii of 20, 40, and 60 m, defined the area to be monitored using adult emergence traps. Of the 67 phlebotomines collected, Lutzomyia intermedia comprised 71.6%; Lutzomyia schreiberi, 20.9%; and Lutzomyia migonei, 4.5%. The predominance of L. intermedia, the main species suspected of transmitting L. (V.) braziliensis in Southeastern Brazil, indicates its participation in the domiciliary transmission of ACL, providing evidence that the domiciliary ACL transmission cycle might be maintained by phlebotomines that breed close to human habitations. This finding might also help in planning measures that would make the peridomiciliary environment less favorable for phlebotomine breeding sites.
authors.affiliation: Unidade de Medicina Tropical, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. vivapim@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Vivaldo Pim
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Adelson Luiz
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Claudiney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Biral dos Santos
authors.forename: Gustavo Rocha
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Gabriel Eduardo Melim
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Aloísio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falqueto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D003710:Demography; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000502:physiology*; D012098:Reproduction