title: Phlebotomine sand fly fauna and leishmania infection in the vicinity of the Serra do Cipó National Park, a natural Brazilian heritage site.
abstract: In the New World, the leishmaniases are primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of Leishmania-infected Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) phlebotomine sand flies. Any or both of two basic clinical forms of these diseases are endemic to several cities in Brazil--the American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) and the American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL). The present study was conducted in the urban area of a small-sized Brazilian municipality (Jaboticatubas), in which three cases of AVL and nine of ACL have been reported in the last five years. Jaboticatubas is an important tourism hub, as it includes a major part of the Serra do Cipó National Park. Currently, no local data is available on the entomological fauna or circulating Leishmania. During the one-year period of this study, we captured 3,104 phlebotomine sand flies belonging to sixteen Lutzomyia species. In addition to identifying incriminated or suspected vectors of ACL with DNA of the etiological agent of AVL and vice versa, we also detected Leishmania DNA in unexpected Lutzomyia species. The expressive presence of vectors and natural Leishmania infection indicates favorable conditions for the spreading of leishmaniases in the vicinity of the Serra do Cipó National Park.
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Rosana Silva
authors: RS
authors: Lana
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Érika Monteiro
authors: ÉM
authors: Michalsky
authors: Diretoria de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento, Fundação Ezequiel Dias, 30510-010 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Consuelo Latorre
authors: CL
authors: Fortes-Dias
authors: Departamento de Parasitologia, ICB, Universidade Federal Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: João Carlos
authors: JC
authors: França-Silva
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Fabiana de Oliveira
authors: Fde O
authors: Lara-Silva
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Ana Cristina Vianna Mariano da Rocha
authors: AC
authors: Lima
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Moreira de Avelar
authors: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, 35830-000 Jaboticatubas, MG, Brazil.
authors: Juliana Cristina Dias
authors: JC
authors: Martins
authors: Laboratório de Leishmanioses, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Avenida Augusto de Lima 1715, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors: Edelberto Santos
authors: ES
authors: Dias
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D007891:Leishmania / Q000235:genetics*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D000068316:Parks, Recreational; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA