An overview of the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) followed by the detection of Leishmania DNA and blood meal identification in the state of Acre, Amazonian Brazil.

Thais de Araujo-PereiraDaniela de Pita-PereiraSandylere Moreira Baia-GomesMariana BoitéFranklin SilvaIsrael de Souza PintoRaimundo Leoberto Torres de SousaAndressa FuzariCristian de SouzaReginaldo BrazilConstança Felicia De Paoli de Carvalho Britto

Published in: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (2020)

In Brumptomyia sp. and Evandromyia termitophila, the first report of Leishmania DNA-detection is provided in Acre; Nyssomyia shawi is implicated as potential vector of L. (V.) braziliensis and L. (V.) guyanensis for the first time in Brazil.

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