title: SAND FLY SPECIES COMPOSITION (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE: PHLEBOTOMINAE) IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CANTAGALO , AN AREA WITH SPORADIC CASES OF HUMAN CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, BRAZIL.
abstract: The municipality of Cantagalo is an area with sustained transmission of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL). Monthly sand fly collections were performed for three years (June 2012 - May 2015) using a CDC light trap. A total of 3,310 specimens belonging to 12 species were trapped: Nyssomyia intermedia, Nyssomyia whitmani, Migonemyia migonei, Evandromyia lenti, Evandromyia cortelezzii, Micropygomyia quinquefer, Brumptomyia brumpti, Psathyromyia aragaoi, Micropygomyia schreiberi, Pintomyia fischeri, Sciopemyia sordellii, and Evandromyia edwardsi. The last seven species have not been previously recorded in this area. The highest abundance of species occurred between October and March. October was the month with the highest number of captured sand flies, one month before the peak in the summer rainfall. In October the highest number of Ny. intermedia, Ny. whitmani and Mg. migonei, were also collected, the three epidemiologically most important species. The high abundance of species with epidemiological importance for ACL transmission might explain the sporadic occurrence of the disease in the area.
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Vetores Miguel Alves de Souza, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCB), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Quezia Nunes
authors.initials: QN
authors.lastname: Peres-Dias
authors.affiliation: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Cantagalo. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Claudete Diniz
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Vetores Miguel Alves de Souza, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCB), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos Barbosa de
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Vetores Miguel Alves de Souza, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCB), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio de Medeiros
authors.initials: Ade M
authors.lastname: Meira
authors.affiliation: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Laboratório de Vetores Miguel Alves de Souza, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas (DCB), Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca (ENSP). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ciro Benigno
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Villanova
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000635:transmission; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012621:Seasons