ArticlePloS one2017
Leishmania infection and blood food sources of phlebotomines in an area of Brazil endemic for visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis.
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- You are what you eat: a systematic review exploring the interaction between Brazilian sand flies and their vertebrate food sources.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2024Pooled it
- The diversity of sandflies (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and the presence of Leishmania spp. DNA in potential vectors of the Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve, Canindeyú, Paraguay: New records and findings.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Taxonomic, molecular and ecological approach reveals high diversity of vector sand flies, varied blood source supply and a high detection rate of Leishmania DNA in Colombian Amazon region.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Epidemiological and Molecular Surveillance of Leishmania Species among Humans, Vectors, and Dogs in a Wildland-Urban Interface of Cartagena, Colombia.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2025Article
- Using iDNA to determine impacts of Amazonian deforestation on Leishmania hosts, vectors, and their interactions.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- Tegumentary leishmaniasis in Brazil: priority municipalities and spatiotemporal relative risks from 2001 to 2020.Pathogens and global health · 2024Article
- Molecular Detection ofTropical medicine and infectious disease · 2024Article
- Isolation and characterisation of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum from cutaneous leishmaniasis patients in northeast Brazil.Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz · 2024Article
- Species, NaturalTransboundary and emerging diseases · 2024Article
- Is leishmaniasis the new emerging zoonosis in the world?Veterinary research communications · 2023Review
- Hierarchical spatiotemporal modeling of human visceral leishmaniasis in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2023Article
- Predominance of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis DNA in Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from an endemic area for leishmaniasis in Northeastern Brazil.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2022Article
- Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective.Parasitology research · 2021Review
- Opportunistic feeding behaviour and Leishmania infantum detection in Phlebotomus perniciosus females collected in the human leishmaniasis focus of Madrid, Spain (2012-2018).PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- The sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) fauna of the urban area of Lassance, Northeast Minas Gerais, Brazil.PloS one · 2021Article
- Experimental transmission of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis to immunosuppressed mice through the bite of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) results in cutaneous leishmaniasis.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2021Article
- Detection of Leishmania infantum DNA in blood samples of horses (Equus caballus) and donkeys (Equus asinus) by PCR.Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2021Article
- Complex ecological interactions across a focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Eastern Colombia: novel description ofRoyal Society open science · 2020Article
- Sequential blood meals promote Leishmania replication and reverse metacyclogenesis augmenting vector infectivity.Nature microbiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
The aims of the study were to determine the blood feeding preferences of sandflies and to identify species of Leishmania that infected phlebotomines in Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil, an area that is highly endemic for leishmaniasis. Sandflies were captured in light traps located in the peridomiciliary environments of randomly selected houses in urban and rural settings between 1800 and 0600 hours on new moon days between March 2013 and February 2015. DNA extracts from 982 engorged female sandflies were submitted to fragment length polymorphism analysis to identify infecting species of Leishmania, and blood sources were identified for 778 of these specimens. Infection by Leishmania infantum was detected in Lutzomyia longipalpis, Lu. whitmani and Lu. termitophila; L. infantum/L. braziliensis in Lu. longipalpis, Lu. whitmani and Lu. trinidadensis; L. shawi in Lu. longipalpis; L. mexicana in Lu. longipalpis; L. braziliensis in Lu. longipalpis and Lu. whitmani; L. guyanensis in Lu. longipalpis and Lu. termitophila; L. amazonensis in Lu. longipalpis and L. lainsoni or L. naiffi in Lu. longipalpis, while Lu. longipalpis and Lu. trinidadensis were infected with unidentified Leishmania sp. Blood sources were identified in 573 individual phlebotomines and the preferred hosts were, in decreasing order, chicken, dog, rodent and human with lower preferences for pig, horse, opossum and cattle. Lu. longipalpis and Lu. whitmani performed mixed feeding on man, dog and rodent, while Lu. longipalpis was the most opportunistic species, feeding on the blood of all hosts surveyed, but preferably on dog/chicken, dog/rodent and rodent/chicken. Our findings reveal the concomitant circulation of Leishmania species that cause visceral leishmaniasis and tegumentary leishmaniasis in the study area, and explain the occurrence of autochthonous human cases of both clinical forms of leishmaniasis in Caxias, Maranhão. The results support our hypothesis that, in the municipality of Caxias, transmission of Leishmania occurs in close proximity to humans.
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