PSYCHODOPYGUS COMPLEXUS, A NEW VECTOR OF LEISHMANIA-BRAZILIENSIS TO HUMANS IN PARA-STATE, BRAZIL

Authors
DESOUZA A ISHIKAWA E BRAGA R SILVEIRA F LAINSON R SHAW J
Citation
A. Desouza et al., PSYCHODOPYGUS COMPLEXUS, A NEW VECTOR OF LEISHMANIA-BRAZILIENSIS TO HUMANS IN PARA-STATE, BRAZIL, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90(2), 1996, pp. 112-113
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00359203
Volume
90
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
112 - 113
Database
ISI
SICI code
0035-9203(1996)90:2<112:PCANVO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
This paper reports the finding of 3 specimens of Psychodopygus complex us, captured in the Paragominas region of Para State, Brazil, naturall y infected with trypanosomatids that were positively identified as Lei shmania (Viannia) braziliensis. Attention is drawn to the importance o f this species as a vector since it is highly anthropophilic and has a very extensive geographical distribution in the lower Amazon region o f Para State south of the Amazon river, including the island of Marajo .