Preliminary information on sandflies in the north of Paraná State, Brazil

Authors

  • Ueslei Teodoro Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas
  • Demilson R dos Santos Secretaria de Saúde do Paraná; XV Regional de Saúde; Núcleo de Entomologia de Maringá
  • Ademar R dos Santos Secretaria de Saúde do Paraná; XV Regional de Saúde; Núcleo de Entomologia de Maringá
  • Otílio de Oliveira Secretaria de Saúde do Paraná; XV Regional de Saúde; Núcleo de Entomologia de Maringá
  • Luís Paschoal Poiani Secretaria de Saúde do Paraná; XV Regional de Saúde; Núcleo de Entomologia de Maringá
  • Allan Martins da Silva Secretaria de Estado da Saúde do Paraná; XIX Regional de Saúde; Seção de Ação sobre o Meio
  • Herintha Coeto Neitzke Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Maria V Campana Lonardoni Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas
  • Thaís G Verzignassi Silveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá; Departamento de Análises Clínicas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102006000200022

Keywords:

Leishmaniasis, cutaneous^i2^sepidemiol, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae, Paraná

Abstract

The results from sandfly collections in 10 municipalities in Paraná State, Brazil are reported. The captures were done using Falcão traps in homes, domestic animal shelters and forested areas, from 1999 to 2002. A total of 13,653 sandflies were collected from 10 species of the genera Brumptomyia, Expapillata, Evandromyia, Migonemyia, Pintomyia, Nyssomyia and Psathyromyia. The species Nyssomyia neivai was predominant in five municipalities. N. whitmani predominated in the other five, in greater numbers than for N. neivai in the first five municipalities. High frequencies of sand flies were found in forests, homes, pigpens and henhouses. Investigations on the participation of domestic animals and phlebotomine fauna in the epidemiology of tegumentary leishmaniasis should be routine in health surveillance, especially where this disease is endemic.

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Published

2006-04-01

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Brief Communications

How to Cite

Teodoro, U., Santos, D. R. dos, Santos, A. R. dos, Oliveira, O. de, Poiani, L. P., Silva, A. M. da, Neitzke, H. C., Monteiro, W. M., Lonardoni, M. V. C., & Silveira, T. G. V. (2006). Preliminary information on sandflies in the north of Paraná State, Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 40(2), 327-330. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102006000200022