SANTOS, J. E.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/2732511138799163; SANTOS, Jackson Emanuel.
Resumen:
Phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) make up a group, important for Medical
Parasitology, of blood spatters and natural vectors of Leishmaniasis. The objective of this
work was to analyze the diversity of Phlebotomines species in the city of Lagoa Seca-PB.
A retrospective documentary research was done, using secondary data recorded in the
Environmental Health Surveillance sector of the Lagoa Seca Municipal Secretary, for the
years 2008-2017. The entomological surveys conducted in the field by the Endemic
Agents staff were analyzed as part of the Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control
Program. The selected Phlebotomines were identified at the Entomology Laboratory and
at FUNASA, Campina Grande. In the period 2008-2017, 410 specimens of
Phlebotomines were captured, of which 268 were not identified among the years 2008
and 2011 (65.4%). In 2017, 142 specimens were identified and eight species were found:
Lutzomyia longipalpis (6.3%), Lu. oswaldoi (62.7%), Lu. trinidadensis (9.2%), Lu.
Goiana (7%), Lu. migonei (6.3%), Lu. intermediate (3.5%), Lu. whitmani (2.1%) and Lu.
evandroi (2.8%). Regarding the collecting area, all the specimens were captured in rural
areas, with records in the intradomicile (except Lu. migonei and Lu. evandroi) and in the
peridomicile, with predominance of males except Lu. longipalpis, Lu. trinidadensis and
Lu. whitmani, which predominated females. The presence of these species in a city with
dense vegetation, climatic and environmental factors favorable to the vector, together
with the fact that the municipality already has a registry of cases of American Cutaneous
Leishmaniasis in humans may increase the risk of Leishmania transmission, which makes
this study a relevant contribution to Public Health, when it comes to the control of
neglected and tropical parasitic diseases, such as leishmaniasis.
