Attractiveness of black and white modified Shannon traps to phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, an area of intense transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Attractiveness of black and white modified Shannon traps to phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in the Brazilian Amazon Basin, an area of intense transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis

In the Amazon region the phlebotomine fauna is considered one of the most diverse in the world. The use of Shannon traps may provide information on the anthropophily of the species and improve the traps’ performance in terms of diversity and quantity of insects collected when white and black colored...

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Main Authors: Brilhante Andreia Fernandes, de Ávila Márcia Moreira, de Souza Jailson Ferreira, Medeiros-Sousa Antônio Ralph, Sábio Priscila Bassan, de Paula Marcia Bicudo, Godoy Rodrigo Espindola, Melchior Leonardo Augusto Kohara, Nunes Vânia Lúcia Brandão, de Oliveira Cardoso Cristiane, Galati Eunice Aparecida Bianchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:Parasite
Subjects:
Phlebotomine
Attraction
Shannon traps
Anthropophily
American cutaneous leishmaniasis
Amazonia
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017021

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https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2017021

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