TY  - JOUR
ID  - uneatlantico9564
AV  - none
PB  - SciELO Brasil
KW  - Lutzomyia longipalpis
KW  -  Natural infection
KW  -  Leishmania infantum
KW  -  Brazil
SP  - e0259
Y1  - 2023/09//
A1  - Neitzke-Abreu, Herintha Coeto
A1  - Medeiros de Castro Andrade, Georgia
A1  - Almeida, Paulo Silva de
A1  - Ribeiro, Gilmar Cipriano
A1  - Ribeiro, D and Pussi
A1  - Ovallos, Fredy Galvis
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0259-2023
JF  - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
TI  - Natural infection of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) by Leishmania infantum in a municipality with a high incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in the Brazilian Midwest
VL  - 56
EP  - 2023
N2  - Background: Here, Leishmania presence in sand flies from Três Lagoas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, after visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was investigated.

Methods: In April 2022, two light traps were deployed within and around the residence for two days post-VL case report.

Results: A total of 120 Lutzomyia longipalpis were collected. Suprapyloric flagellates were found in a female sand fly with eggs and residual blood during midgut dissection. Sequencing of ITS1 and cytb fragments confirmed Leishmania infantum DNA and identified Homo sapiens as the blood source, respectively.

Conclusions: This study emphasizes the importance of monitoring sand flies in VL endemic areas.
ER  -