title: Intradomiciliary and peridomiciliary captures of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the leishmaniasis endemic area of Chapare province, tropic of Cochabamba, Bolivia.
abstract: In South America, cutaneous leishmaniasis is the most frequent clinical form of leishmaniasis. Bolivia is one of the countries with higher incidence, with 33 cases per 100,000 individuals, and the disease is endemic in 70% of the territory. In the last decade, the number of cases has increased, the age range has expanded, affecting children under 5 years old, and a similar frequency between men and women is found. An entomological study with CDC light traps was conducted in three localities (Chipiriri, Santa Elena and Pedro Domingo Murillo) of the municipality of Villa Tunari, one of the main towns in the Chapare province (Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia). A total of 16 specimens belonging to 6 species of the genus Lutzomyia were captured: Lu. aragaoi, Lu. andersoni, Lu. antunesi, Lu. shawi, Lu. yuilli yuilli and Lu. auraensis. Our results showed the presence of two incriminated vectors of leishmaniasis in an urbanized area and in the intradomicile. More entomological studies are required in the Chapare province to confirm the role of vector sand flies, the intradomiciliary transmission of the disease and the presence of autochthonous cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: cristina.ballart@isglobal.org.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ballart
authors.affiliation: CEADES Salud y Medio Ambiente, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vidal
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picado
authors.affiliation: CEADES Salud y Medio Ambiente, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Cortez
authors.affiliation: CEADES Salud y Medio Ambiente, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (U.M.S.S.), Cochabamba, Bolivia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Torrico
authors.affiliation: CEADES Salud y Medio Ambiente, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (U.M.S.S.), Cochabamba, Bolivia.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Torrico
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Transmissores de Leishmanioses, Laboratório de Referência em Vigilância Entomológica: Taxonomia e Ecologia de Vetores das Leishmanioses, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Godoy
authors.affiliation: CEADES Salud y Medio Ambiente, Cochabamba, Bolivia; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Mayor de San Simón (U.M.S.S.), Cochabamba, Bolivia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lozano
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic - Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Laboratori de Parasitologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gállego
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001838:Bolivia / Q000453:epidemiology; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D011576:Psychodidae; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Bolivia; CDC Light traps; Intradomiciliary; Lutzomyia; Peridomiciliary; Sand flies