The role of gallery forests in maintaining Phlebotominae populations: potential Leishmania spp. vectors in the Brazilian savanna

The role of gallery forests in maintaining Phlebotominae populations: potential Leishmania spp. vectors in the Brazilian savanna

BACKGROUND Knowledge on synanthropic phlebotomines and their natural infection by Leishmania is necessary for the identification of potential areas for leishmaniasis occurrence. OBJECTIVE To analyse the occurrence of Phlebotominae in gallery forests and household units (HUs) in the city of Palmas...

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Main Authors: Tâmara Dias Oliveira Machado, Thaís Tâmara Castro Minuzzi-Souza, Tauana de Sousa Ferreira, Luciana Pereira Freire, Renata Velôzo Timbó, Tamires Emanuele Vital, Nadjar Nitz, Mariana Neiva Silva, Alcinei de Souza Santos Junior, Nathyla Morgana Cunha Sales, Marcos Takashi Obara, Andrey José de Andrade, Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Nyssomyia whitmani
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Leishmania amazonensis
Trypanosoma sp.
Crithidia fasciculata
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