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Aspectos ecologicos da leishmaniose tegumentar americana
1983; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 17; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1518-8787
AutoresA.C Gomes, Ernesto Xavier Rabello, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati,
Tópico(s)Vector-borne infectious diseases
ResumoThe daily activity of Psychodopygus intermedius was measured for the first time, within and outside of a residual forest in the Ribeira Valley, S. Paulo State, Brazil. The results showed nocturnal activity in both environments, with different times of maximum activity occuring between 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. However, the most intense activity continued to take place outside the forest. A strong preference for humans seems to have contributed to Ps. intermedius' ubiquitous distribution. The importance of this fact lies in the possibility of there existing a close feeding association Ps. intermedius — Man. Hence cutaneous leishmaniasis infection may take place in the household environment. UNITERMS: Leishmaniasis, micocutaneous. Psychodopygus intermedius. Ecology. REFERENCIAS BIBLIOGRAFICAS 1. FORATTINI, O.P. Entomologia medica. Sao Paulo, Edgar Blucher, 1973. v. 4. 2. FORATTINI, O.P. et al. Nota sobre leishmaniose tegumentar no litoral sul do Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Saude publ., S. Paulo, 7:447-52, 1973. 3. FORATTINI, O.P. et al. Observacoes sobre a transmissao da leishmaniose tegumentar no Estado de Sao Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Saude publ., S. Paulo, 10:31-43, 1976. 4. FORATTINI, O.P. et al. Observacoes sobre atividade de mosquito Culicidae, em mata residual no Vale do Ribeira, S. Paulo, Brasil. Rev. Saude publ., S. Paulo, 15:557-86, 1981. 5. FORTER, C.H. & DeFOLIART, G.R. The man-biting activity of Phlebotominae sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a tropical wet forest environment in Colombia. Arq. Zool., 30:81-158, 1981. 6. GOMES, A. de C. et al. Aspectos ecologicos da leishmaniose tegumentar americana. 1. Estudo experimental da frequencia de flebotomineo a ecotopos artificiais, com referencia especial a Psychodopygus intermedius. Rev. Saude publ., S. Paulo, 14:540-56, 1980. 7. GOMES, A. de C. et al. Aspectos ecologicos sobre a leishmaniose tegumentar americana. 2 — O ecotopo artificial como abrigo de Psychodopygus intermedius e observacoes sobre a alimentacao e reproducao sob a influencia de fatores fisicos naturais. Rev. Saude publ., S. Paulo, 16:149-59, 1982. 8. HADDOW, A. J. Studies on the biting habits and medical importance of east African mosquitoes in the genus Aedes. 1 — Subgenera Aedimorphus, Banksinella and Dunnius. Bull. ent. Res., 50:759-79, 1960. 9. ROCHA E SILVA, E.O. et al. A leishmaniose tegumentar americana no litoral sul do Estado de Sao Paulo. Rev. bras. Malar., 32:9-25, 1981. 10. TESH, R.B. et al. Further studies on the natural host preferences of Panamanian phlebotomine sandflies. Amer. J Epidem., 95:88-93, 1972 Recebido para publicacao em 17/08/1982 Aprovado para publicacao em 20/09/1982
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