title: SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN AN ENDEMIC AREA OF LEISHMANIASIS IN AQUIDAUANA MUNICIPALITY, PANTANAL OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL , BRAZIL.
abstract: The Aquidauana municipality is considered an endemic area of leishmaniasis and an important tourist site in Mato Grosso do Sul State. The aim of this study was to investigate the sand fly fauna in the city of Aquidauana. Captures were carried out twice a month, from April 2012 to March 2014 with automatic light traps and active aspiration, in the peridomicile and domicile of six residences. A total of 9,338 specimens were collected, 3,179 and 6,159 using light traps and active aspiration, respectively. The fauna consisted of: Brumptomyia brumpti, Evandromyia aldafalcaoae, Ev. evandroi, Ev. lenti, Ev. orcyi, Ev. sallesi, Ev. termitophila, Ev. walkeri, Lutzomyia longipalpis and Psathyromyia bigeniculata. The most abundant species captured was Lutzomyia longipalpis, present in all the ecotopes, predominantly in peridomicile areas, and mainly males. Leishmania DNA was not detected in the insects. It was observed the abundance of the sand fly fauna in the region, as well as the high frequency of Lu. longipalpis, the main vector of L. infantum. The results of this study show the need to increase the monitoring and more effective control measures. It is noteworthy that the studied region presents several activities related to tourism and recreation, increasing the risk of transmission of leishmaniasis to this particular human population.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa de Pós-graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Dr Hélio Mandetta, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mails: helenrezende.bio@gmail.com; aline.casaril@gmail.com; alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br.
authors.forename: Helen Rezende de
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Figueiredo
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Rua dos Dentistas, 500, Bairro Arnaldo Estevão de Figueiredo, 79043-250, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: mirellabio@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mirella Ferreira da Cunha
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa de Pós-graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Dr Hélio Mandetta, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mails: helenrezende.bio@gmail.com; aline.casaril@gmail.com; alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br.|Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Parasitologia Humana, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br; aline.casaril@gmail.com, juinfran@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aline Etelvina
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Casaril
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Parasitologia Humana, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br; aline.casaril@gmail.com, juinfran@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jucelei Oliveira de Moura
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Infran
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Parasitologia Humana, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br; aline.casaril@gmail.com, juinfran@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Leticia Moraes
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Patologia, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: carlos.fernandes@ufms.br.
authors.forename: Carlos Eurico Dos Santos
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Programa de Pós-graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina Dr Hélio Mandetta, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mails: helenrezende.bio@gmail.com; aline.casaril@gmail.com; alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br.|Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Laboratório de Parasitologia Humana, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Cidade Universitária s/n, 79070-900 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. E-mail: alessandra.oliveira@ufms.br; aline.casaril@gmail.com, juinfran@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alessandra Gutierrez de
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000145:classification*; D007896:Leishmaniasis / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification*; D012621:Seasons; D014505:Urban Population