Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in a cutaneuos leishmaniasis focus in central Colombia

ABSTRACT: Lutzomyia longipalpis, 15 other species of the genus Lutzomyia, and one species of Brumptomyia were collected in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in a river canyon 450 m above sea-level, in Rio Claro, Antioquia, Colombia. The presence of Lu. longipalpis is associated with the destruction of the primary forest and the development of new farmland and rural settlement in this region. The composition of species identified a different habitat for Lu. longipalpis in Colombia. Lu. yuilli and Lu. longipalpis were predominant (68.26%) followed by Lu. trapidoi, Lu. hartmani, Lu. triramula, Lu. panamensis, Lu. gomezi.

• Autores: Osorio Quintero, Lisardo; López Arango, Yolanda Lucía; Álvarez, Gilberto; Rojas, Jaime; Jiménez, Fernando; Gómez, Carmen; Ferro, Cristina
• Tipo de recurso: Article of investigation
• Fecha de publicación: 1996
• Institución: Universidad de Antioquia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UdeA
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/43277
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/10495/43277
• Palabra clave: Psychodidae; Ecología; Ecology; Leishmaniasis; Colombia; Lutzomyia longipalpis; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011576; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004463; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007896; https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003105
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/co/