2015
DOI: 10.1155/2015/385493
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Phlebotomine Sand Fly Fauna andLeishmaniaInfection in the Vicinity of the Serra do Cipó National Park, a Natural Brazilian Heritage Site

Abstract: In the New World, the leishmaniases are primarily transmitted to humans through the bites of Leishmania-infected Lutzomyia (Diptera: Psychodidae) phlebotomine sand flies. Any or both of two basic clinical forms of these diseases are endemic to several cities in Brazil—the American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) and the American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL). The present study was conducted in the urban area of a small-sized Brazilian municipality (Jaboticatubas), in which three cases of AVL and nine of ACL have … Show more

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“…Depending on the infecting species and the intrinsic characteristics of the host (Lana et al., 2015), cutaneous leishmaniasis or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can be clinically characterized. So far, VL has been recognized as the most serious clinical form of this group of diseases (Monge-Maillo and López-Vélez, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Depending on the infecting species and the intrinsic characteristics of the host (Lana et al., 2015), cutaneous leishmaniasis or visceral leishmaniasis (VL) can be clinically characterized. So far, VL has been recognized as the most serious clinical form of this group of diseases (Monge-Maillo and López-Vélez, 2013).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…sordellii with Le. braziliensis DNA in Brazil (Lana et al, 2015), although their vector capacity is still unknown.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Secondly, flagellate infections isolated from this species (formerly referred to as Lutzomyia nordestina ) are historically recognized as distinct from Leishmania [22] or remain undetermined, [32] and are more likely to be other trypanosomatids [22]. Furthermore, despite recent reports of molecular Leishmania ascribed to this fly [33, 34], currently, polymerase chain reaction-based techniques do not allow “true infection” to be distinguished from a “simple and occasionally ingested” DNA fragment [3]. Thus, there remains insufficient evidence for a potential vector role of S. sordellii in Leishmania transmission.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%