SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN AN ENDEMIC AREA OF LEISHMANIASIS IN AQUIDAUANA MUNICIPALITY, PANTANAL OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL , BRAZIL

SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: PSYCHODIDAE) IN AN ENDEMIC AREA OF LEISHMANIASIS IN AQUIDAUANA MUNICIPALITY, PANTANAL OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL , BRAZIL

SUMMARY 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...

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Main Authors: Helen Rezende de FIGUEIREDO, Mirella Ferreira da Cunha SANTOS, Aline Etelvina CASARIL, Jucelei Oliveira de Moura INFRAN, Leticia Moraes RIBEIRO, Carlos Eurico dos Santos FERNANDES, Alessandra Gutierrez de OLIVEIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Subjects:
Phlebotomine sand fly
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Fishing tourism.
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