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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/14532| Title: | Feeding preference of the sand flies Lutzomyia umbratilis and L. spathotrichia (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in an urban forest patch in the City of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Authors: | Nery, Liliane Coelho da Rocha Lorosa, Elias Seixas Franco, A. M. |
| Keywords: | Animals Food Blood Feeding Forest Leishmaniasis Nonhuman Parasite Vector Psychodidae Serodiagnosis Spathotrichia Animal Feeding Behavior Gastrointestinal Contents Humans Insect Vectors Psychodidae Trees Urban Health Animalsia Diptera Edentata Lutzomyia Umbratilis Phlebotominae Psychodidae Rodentia |
| Issue Date: | 2004 |
| metadata.dc.publisher.journal: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Volume 99, Número 6, Pags. 571-574 |
| Abstract: | Precipitin tests were performed on blood meals of 199 sand flies (161 Lutzomyia umbratilis, 34 L. spathotrichia, two Lutzomyia of group shannoni, one L. anduzei) in a non-flooded upland forest on the Campus of the Universidade Federal do Amazonas. This is the second largest forest fragment in an urban setting in Brazil. Results on L. umbratilis, which is considered to be the principal leishmaniasis vector in this region, indicated rodents as its predominant blood source in contrast to previous reports in which blood meal analysis indicated that this species fed principally on Xenarthra (particularly sloths). |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | 10.1590/S0074-02762004000600006 |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigos |
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