ArticleRevista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Molecular detection of Leishmania in phlebotomine sand flies in a cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis endemic area in northeastern Brazil.
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- Sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species composition in an area with a recent American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis outbreak in Minas Gerais, Brazil.Journal of medical entomology · 2026Article
- Visceral leishmaniasis in a peri-urban area of São Paulo associated with Nyssomyia whitmani.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- A review of Leishmania infections in American Phlebotomine sand flies - Are those that transmit leishmaniasis anthropophilic or anthropportunists?★.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2025Review
- First molecular evidence of frogs as a food source for sand flies (Diptera: Phlebotominae) in Brazilian caves.Parasitology research · 2021Article
- The sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of the urban area of Lassance, Northeast Minas Gerais, Brazil.PloS one · 2021Article
- Natural Leishmania (Viannia) infections of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) indicate classical and alternative transmission cycles of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Guiana Shield, Brazil.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2017Article
- Lutzomyia migonei is a permissive vector competent for Leishmania infantum.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
- Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Hydroelectric System Affected Area from Northern Amazonian Brazil: Further Insights into the Effects of Environmental Changes on Vector Ecology.Journal of tropical medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
Several phlebotomine sand fly species have been regarded as putative or proven vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania in Brazil, but data for the northeastern region remains incipient. In this study, a total of 600 phlebotomine sand flies were grouped in pools of 10 specimens each and tested by a Leishmania genus-specific PCR and by a PCR targeting Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. Fourteen out of 60 pools were positive by the genus-specific PCR, being five pools of L. migonei, seven of L. complexa, one of L. sordellii and one of L. naftalekatzi, which correspond to a minimal infection rate of 2.3% (14/600). Our results, associated with their known anthropophily and their abundance, suggest the participation of L. migonei and L. complexa as vectors of Leishmania in northeastern Brazil. Remarkably, this is the first time in this country that the detection of Leishmania DNA in L. sordellii and L. naftalekatzi has been reported, but future studies are necessary to better understand the significance of these findings.
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