Author | Souza, Cristian Ferreira de | |
Author | Quaresma, Patrícia Flávia | |
Author | Andrade Filho, Jose Dilermando | |
Author | Bevilacqua, Paula Dias | |
Access date | 2015-07-02T16:54:20Z | |
Available date | 2015-07-02T16:54:20Z | |
Document date | 2014 | |
Citation | SOUZA, Cristian Ferreira de et al. Phlebotomine fauna in the urban area of Timóteo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Acta Tropica, Vol. 134, p. 72–79, 2014. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0001-706X | |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/11057 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier Inc. | pt_BR |
Rights | open access | pt_BR |
Title | Phlebotomine fauna in the urban area of Timóteo, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.02.019 | |
Abstract | This work is characterized by an entomological research and an investigation on whether seasonalbehaviours can be associated to the phlebotomine fauna found in the urban area of Timóteo-MG – anendemic focus of tegumentary leishmaniasis (TL). The analysis of the seasonal behaviour of sand flies hastaken into account the following climatic variables: rainfall, relative humidity and temperature. Auto-matic light traps were installed in households between 2009 and 2010. The sand fly species with thehighest number captured was Lutzomyia whitmani (66.5%), a TL vector species, whose abundance hasprovided strong evidences that this species is the main vector of TL in the municipality of Timóteo, withits cycle of transmission developing in its urban area. Amongst the results observed in the analyses of sea-sonal behaviour, only temperature conveyed particular association between seasonal occurrence of sandflies and climate variables. The findings of this study may assist the local epidemiological surveillanceagency in defining strategies and directing efforts for controlling these insects. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Departamento de Veterinária. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Veterinária. Viçosa, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Laboratório de Leishmanioses. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou. Centro de Referência Nacional e Internacional para Flebotomíneos. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Departamento de Veterinária. Viçosa, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Subject | Seasonality | pt_BR |
Subject | Lutzomyia whitmani | pt_BR |
Subject | Leishmaniasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Urban transmission | pt_BR |