Natural Leishmania sp. reservoirs and phlebotomine sandfly food source identification in Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Quaresma, Patrícia Flávia; Carvalho, Gustavo Mayr de Lima; Ramos, Mariana Campos das Neves Farah; Filho, José Dilermando Andrade

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“…Others have been detected with Leishmania DNA, such as Evandromyia Lenti , Evandromyia termitophila (Martins, Falcão & Silva, 1964), Micropygomyia ferreirana (Barreto, Martin & Pellegrino, 1956) and Ps . Lloydi [48,49,50,51,52,36,53,54,55,56,57], which may suggest they play a role in maintaining the parasite transmission cycle in wild environments.…”

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Aspects of the ecology of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve Sanctuary Caraça

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Leishmaniases are a set of parasitic diseases of zoonotic origin that are transmitted by sandfly vectors in wild, rural and urban environments. Their distribution is dependent not only the distribution of vectors, but also on the distribution of mammalian reservoirs. Only by understanding the transmission cycle of these diseases, such as knowing the participating vectors and reservoirs, can one can understand the epidemiology and ecological relationships of leishmaniases. Ecotourism has become an important area of economic growth in Brazil. One of the most visited tourist attractions in the state of Minas Gerais, the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural Santuário do Caraça (RPPNSC) is located in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero. The aim of this study was to contribute to the control of leishmaniasis among tourists of the RPPNPC by surveying its sand fly fauna and testing for the presence of Leishmania DNA in females. Twenty-five CDC light traps were exposed on 7 trails of the RPPNPC where samples were collected bimonthly for a year, starting in June 2013. A total of 376 specimens of 18 species and 10 genera of sandflies were captured. The predominant species were Psychodopygus lloydi (72.34%) and Pintomyia monticola (5.59%). HaeIII restriction enzyme detected and characterized Leishmania braziliensis DNA in 2 of the samples for an infection rate of 0.7% (2/266). Recent studies found specimens of Ps. lloyd infected with Leishmania braziliensis elsewhere in Minas Gerais, which may be an indication that this species is involved in the transmission of Leishmania in this state.

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“…Amplification by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and subsequent sequencingis widely used to study bloodmeal preferences in sand flies and other vectors as mosquitoes or ticks (Kirstein and Grey 1996, Oshagi et al 2006, Danabalan et al 2014.Thus, different molecular targets like cytochrome b (cytb), cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and prepronociceptin (PNOC) are being used to detect the origin of blood meals (Kocher et al 1989, Haoaus et al 2007, Abassi et al 2009). On the other hand, other techniques as PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP)or PCRreverse-line blotting (RLB) have been developed in order to study blood meal preferences in mosquitoes, tsetse flies and sand flies (Osaghi et al 2006, Steuber et al 2005, Maleki-Ravasan et al 2009, Quaresma et al 2012, Soares et al 2014, Gebresilassie et al 2015.…”

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Identification of blood meals in field captured sand flies by a PCR-RFLP approach based on cytochrome b gene

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Identification of blood meals in field captured sand flies by a PCR-RFLP approach based on cytochrome b gene.Acta Tropica http://dx.doi.org/10. 1016/j.actatropica.2015.08.020 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Therefore, thisapproachis anefficient and reliable alternative method to be applied in entomological surveys.

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“…hirsuta and Lu. lloydi, have been found to be naturally infected with Leishmania in Minas Gerais 11,12 . Lutzomyia lloydi was found in Juiz de Fora, but at a low frequency.…”

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First inventory of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Natural Leishmania sp. reservoirs and phlebotomine sandfly food source identification in Ibitipoca State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cited by 33 publications

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Aspects of the ecology of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve Sanctuary Caraça

Aspects of the ecology of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Private Natural Heritage Reserve Sanctuary Caraça

Identification of blood meals in field captured sand flies by a PCR-RFLP approach based on cytochrome b gene

First inventory of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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