title: The first record of Lutzomyia longipalpis in the Argentine northwest.
abstract: In 2004, the urban presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis was recorded for the first time in Formosa province. In 2006, the first autochthonous case of human urban visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was recorded in Misiones in the presence of the vector, along with some canine VL cases. After this first case, the vector began to spread primarily in northeast Argentina. Between 2008-2011, three human VL cases were reported in Salta province, but the presence of Lu. longipalpis was not recorded. Captures of Phlebotominae were made in Tartagal, Salta, in 2013, and the presence of Lu. longipalpis was first recorded in northwest Argentina at that time. Systematic sampling is recommended to observe the distribution and dispersion patterns of Lu. longipalpis and consider the risk of VL transmission in the region.
authors.affiliation: Fundación Mundo Sano, Argentina, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Andrea Gómez
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.affiliation: Instituto Superior de Entomología Dr Abraham Willink, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, San Miguel de TucumánTucumán.
authors.forename: María Gabriela
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.affiliation: Fundación Mundo Sano, Argentina, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abril
authors.affiliation: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina, Buenos Aires.
authors.forename: Oscar Daniel
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Salomón
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001118:Argentina; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D014505:Urban Population