Identification of bloodmeal sources of Lutzomyia spp. in Peru

Paz, Lourdes; Guerra, Humberto; Nieto, Elizabteh; Ogusuku, E.; Monje, Julio; Perez, Jorge

dc.contributor.author	Ogusuku, E.
dc.contributor.author	Perez, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Paz, Lourdes
dc.contributor.author	Nieto, Elizabteh
dc.contributor.author	Monje, Julio
dc.contributor.author	Guerra, Humberto
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-09T17:42:33Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-09T17:42:33Z
dc.date.issued	1994
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12284
dc.description.abstract	Bloodmeal sources of Lutzomyia spp. were determined, using the bloodmeal analysis precipitin test, in Chaute, Lima, Peru, an area endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis (uta). From April 1990 to May 1991, sandflies were sampled in and around the village houses, with CDC light traps and a Shannon trap with protected human bait, respectively. Overall, 1424 sandflies were collected engorged. In indoor collections, human blood (N = 275) was the most frequent bloodmeal found, followed by cow (171) and cat (152). The most frequent bloodmeals of the flies caught in the Shannon trap collections were from cow (31), man (23) and cat (23). Of the two predominant sandfly species in the area, Lutzomyia peruensis was more anthropophilic than Lu. verrucarum (chi 2 = 14.13, P < 0.001). The sandflies from Chaute appear to be opportunistic feeders; 16 different hosts were identified. There was evidence of bloodmeals from more than one host in each of 151 sandflies, including bloodmeals containing blood from an animal only present within the houses mixed with blood from animals only present in the corrals near the house. Some sandflies must therefore have flown from the corrals to the houses (or vice versa) to take the last bloodmeals before their capture.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Blood	en_US
dc.subject	Cats	en_US
dc.subject	Cattle	en_US
dc.subject	Dogs	en_US
dc.subject	Feeding Behavior	en_US
dc.subject	Guinea Pigs	en_US
dc.subject	Mice	en_US
dc.subject	Peru	en_US
dc.subject	Precipitin Tests	en_US
dc.subject	Psychodidae/physiology	en_US
dc.subject	Rabbits	en_US
dc.subject	Rats	en_US
dc.title	Identification of bloodmeal sources of Lutzomyia spp. in Peru	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/00034983.1994.11812873
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.07
dc.relation.issn	1364-8594