Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Governador Valadares, a transmission area for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) em Governador Valadares, área de transmissão de leishmaniose tegumentar americana no Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Governador Valadares, a transmission area for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) em Governador Valadares, área de transmissão de leishmaniose tegumentar americana no Estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

INTRODUCTION: A study on the phlebotomine sandfly fauna was carried out in an endemic area for American tegumentary leishmaniasis in the municipality of Governador Valadares, in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: Captures were undertaken using HP light traps in four districts, on three nigh...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Andrade Barata, Gustavo Fontes Paz, Marcela Cardoso Bastos, Roberta Christiane Oliveira Andrade, Daniela Campos Mendes de Barros, Fabiana Oliveira Lara e Silva, Érika Monteiro Michalsky, Aimara da Costa Pinheiro, Edelberto Santos Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Leishmaniose tegumentar americana
Phlebotominae
Lutzomyia
Flebotomíneos
Governador Valadares
American tegumentary leishmaniasis
Sandflies
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200002

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