Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review
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| contents | Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review Rodrigo P. P. Soares Salvatore J. Turco Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) sand flies Leishmania vector biology Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of AmericanVisceral Leishmaniasis (AVL) due to Leishmaniachagasi in the New World. Despite its importance, AVL, a disease primarily of rural areas, hasincreased its prevalence and became urbanized in some large cities in Brazil and other countries in LatinAmerica. Although the disease is treatable, other control measures include elimination of infected dogs andthe use of insecticides to kill the sand flies. A better understanding of vector biology could also account asone more tool for AVL control. A wide variety of papers about L. longipalpis have been published in therecent past years. This review summarizes our current information of this particular sand fly regarding itsimportance, biology, morphology, pheromones genetics, saliva, gut physiology and parasite interactions. 2003 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32775305 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.75 |
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| spellingShingle | Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review Rodrigo P. P. Soares Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) sand flies Leishmania vector biology Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review Rodrigo P. P. Soares Salvatore J. Turco Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) sand flies Leishmania vector biology Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of AmericanVisceral Leishmaniasis (AVL) due to Leishmaniachagasi in the New World. Despite its importance, AVL, a disease primarily of rural areas, hasincreased its prevalence and became urbanized in some large cities in Brazil and other countries in LatinAmerica. Although the disease is treatable, other control measures include elimination of infected dogs andthe use of insecticides to kill the sand flies. A better understanding of vector biology could also account asone more tool for AVL control. A wide variety of papers about L. longipalpis have been published in therecent past years. This review summarizes our current information of this particular sand fly regarding itsimportance, biology, morphology, pheromones genetics, saliva, gut physiology and parasite interactions. 2003 artículo científico 0001-3765 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32775305 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=327 Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Ciências Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências (Brasil) Num.3 Vol.75 |
| title | Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review |
| topic | Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) sand flies Leishmania vector biology Lutzomyia longipalpis |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=32775305 |