Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (Sep 1984)

Leishmania infections in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) on the Island of Sao Luis, Maranhao State, Brazil

  • L. Ryan,
  • Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02761984000300016
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 79, no. 3
pp. 383 – 384

Abstract

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Dissection of Lutzomyia longipalpis, captured in the São Luis focus of visceral Leishmaniasis revealed a 1.8% promastigote infection rate.Foram dissecados Lutzomyia longipalpis, capturados no foco de leishmaniose visceral na ilha de Sao Luis, Maranhao, sendo encontradas 1,8% com infeccao natural por promastigotas.