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      Flebotomíneos (Diptera: Psychodidae) antropofílicos de importancia en salud pública en Los Montes de María, Colombia Translated title: Anthropophilic sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of public health importance in Los Montes de María, Colombia

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          INTRODUCCIÓN: la leishmaniasis cutánea es una enfermedad endémica en Los Montes de María, Colombia, pero hasta la fecha se desconocían los flebotomíneos que pican al humano en el área. OBJETIVO: determinar las especies de Lutzomyia que, por sus hábitos antropofílicos y antecedentes vectoriales, podrían mantener el ciclo epidemiológico de la leishmaniasis cutánea en la región. MÉTODOS: se recolectaron los insectos con cebo humano protegido durante enero y agosto de 2005, que comprende parte de la época seca, así como en abril y noviembre del mismo año, pertenecientes a la temporada de lluvias. Tres personas equipadas con aspiradores bucales y linternas se ubicaron entre las 18:00 y 24:00 h dentro de una vivienda, donde se había registrado un caso de leishmaniasis cutánea. RESULTADOS: se obtuvieron 567 flebotomíneos del género Lutzomyia, distribuidos en 504 hembras y 63 machos. La constitución de la fauna de flebotomíneos antropofílicos correspondió a 97,5 % Lutzomyia evansi, 1,23 % Lutzomyia cayennensis cayennensis, 0,5 % Lutzomyia panamensis, 0,5 % Lutzomyia dubitans y 0,2 % Lutzomyia gomezi. La tasa de picadura de las hembras de Lutzomyia evansi fue de 1,5 en enero, 1,4 en abril, 0,85 en agosto y 0,6 en noviembre. En las demás especies la tasa de picadura mostró valores de 0 en enero y abril, e iguales o inferiores a 0,024 en agosto y noviembre. CONCLUSIONES: algunas de las especies de flebotomíneos encontradas podrían participar en el ciclo epidemiológico de la leishmaniasis cutánea en la región.

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          INTRODUCTION: cutaneous leishmaniasis is an endemic disease in Los Montes de María, Colombia, but the identity of the human-biting sand fly species in the region remained unknown until now. OBJECTIVE: to determine the Lutzomyia species that could be involved in the epidemiological cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis in this area, considering their anthropophilic habits and epidemiological background. METHODS: sand flies were sampled using protected human baits, during the dry season in January and August, 2005, and the rainy period in April and November, 2005. Human bait collections were made from 18:00 to 24:00 hours by three men equipped with mouth aspirators and torches, inside a house where a cutaneous leishmaniasis case had occurred the last year. RESULTS: a total of 567 sand flies of the genus Lutzomyia were collected, comprising 504 females and 63 males. The composition of anthropophilic sand fly fauna was 97.5 % of Lu. evansi, 1.23 % of Lu. cayennensis cayennensis, 0.5 % of Lu. panamensis, 0.5 % of Lu. dubitans, and 0.2 % of Lu. gomezi. The L. evansi female's biting rate on humans was 1.5 in January, 1.4 in April, 0.85 in August, and 0.6 in November. Other Lutzomyia species exhibited human-biting rates equal to 0 in January and April; and equal to or lower than 0,024 in August and November. CONCLUSIONS: some of these sand fly species might play a role in the epidemiological cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the region.

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          Phlebotomine vectors of the leishmaniases: a review

          An account is given of work published during the past 10 years incriminating species of phlebotomine sandflies as vectors of Leishmania species which infect man. An assessment is made of the degrees of certainty of the vectorial roles of eighty-one species and subspecies of sandflies (thirty-seven Old World and forty-four New World) in the transmission of twenty-nine leishmanial parasites of mammals. At least one species of sandfly is considered to be a proven vector of each of ten parasites. Of the eighty-one sandfly taxa, evidence is judged to be sufficient to incriminate nineteen as proven vectors (eleven Phlebotomus species and eight Lutzomyia species or subspecies) and evidence for a further fourteen (nine Phlebotomus species and five Lutzomyia species or subspecies) is considered to be strong. The suggested criteria for incrimination of a vector are anthropophily and common infection with the same leishmanial parasite as that found in man in the same place. More weight should be given to natural infections persisting after the digestion of a bloodmeal than those in the presence of blood. Supporting evidence is a concordance in the distribution of the fly and the disease in man, proof that the fly feeds regularly on the reservoir host, a flourishing development of the parasite in infected flies and the experimental transmission of the parasite by the bite of the fly.
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                Revista Cubana de Medicina Tropical
                Rev Cubana Med Trop
                Centro Nacional de Información de Ciencias Médicas (Ciudad de la Habana, , Cuba )
                0375-0760
                1561-3054
                December 2009
                : 61
                : 3
                : 220-225
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                [02] Sincelejo orgnameGrupo de Investigaciones Biomédicas orgdiv1Universidad de Sucre Colombia
                [01] Sincelejo orgnameUniversidad de Sucre. orgdiv1Unidad de Entomología orgdiv2Laboratorio Departamental de Salud Pública Colombia eduarelias@ 123456yahoo.com
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                S0375-07602009000300003 S0375-0760(09)06100303
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                : 14 November 2008
                : 13 July 2009
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                vectors,Lutzomyia,cutaneous leishmaniasis,Colombia,leishmaniasis cutánea,vectores

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