Use of emergence TRAP to capture sand flies in area with and without ACL and AVL transmition, in the midwestern region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil

• Grant number: 12/20544-2
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: April 01, 2013
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: José Rafael Módolo
• Grantee: José Rafael Módolo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Cassiano Victória

Abstract

Leishmaniasis are considered a major public health problem due their clinical and epidemiological diversity. Caused by different Leishimania spp able to induce cutaneous, mucocutaneous, diffuse cutaneous and visceral injuries, these disease are transmitted through the bite of infected female sandflies. Until the 80's, they were considered rural disease, but actually, intensive environmental and climatic changes result in the expansion of the geographical distribution and adaptation of the vector in urban environment. Overdue the complexity, geographic expasion and hard, expensive and laborious control of disease, vector control may represent an alternative for control of Leishimaniasis and others zoonosis transmitted by sandflies. For this reason, the knowledge of the habits of these insects is importante data to plan measures control. The aim of this study is to use emergence traps in soil em endemic and non endemic área for capture and identification of natural breeding sites of sandflies and then, suggest possible control measures against imature stage, since it is difficult to control the adult vector. (AU)