Leishmaniasis
New leishmaniasis study findings have been reported by researchers at MS Center
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 12th, 2008
According to a study from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, "In Brazil, Leishmania transmission involves several species of phlebotomine sand flies that are closely associated with different parasites and reservoirs, giving rise to different transmission cycles. The present study focused on naturally infected phlebotomines. originating from Santa Luzia, a municipality near Belo Horizonte, capital of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, in which leishmaniasis are endemic."
"Systematic and nonsystematic approaches, involving the use of light traps and direct aspiration from resting sites, respectively, were used to collect female sand flies. Identification of the captured insects...
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