Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in central Colombia


Autoria(s): López,Yolanda; Osorio,Lisardo; Alvarez,Gilberto; Rojas,Jaime; Jiménez,Fernando; Gómez,Carmen; Ferro,Cristina
Data(s)

01/08/1996

Resumo

Lutzomyia longipalpis, 15 other species of the genus Lutzomyia, and one species of Brumptomyia were collected in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a river canyon 450 m above sea-level, in Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia. The presence of Lu. longipalpis is associated with the destruction of the primary forest and the development of new farmland and rural settlement in this region. The composition of species identified a different habitat for Lu. longipalpis in Colombia. Lu. yuilli and Lu. longipalpis were predominant (68.26%) followed by Lu. trapidoi, Lu. hartmani, Lu. triramula, Lu. panamensis, Lu. gomezi.

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Identificador

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761996000400005

Idioma(s)

en

Publicador

Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde

Fonte

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz v.91 n.4 1996

Palavras-Chave #Lutzomyia longipalpis #sand fly #ecology #leishmaniasis #Colombia
Tipo

journal article