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The distance of attraction of a human bait to Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae) in crops

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dc.contributor.author Davies, Clive Richard
dc.contributor.author Cameron, Mary M.
dc.contributor.author Llanos Cuentas, Elmer Alejandro
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-10T00:48:55Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-10T00:48:55Z
dc.date.issued 1995
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12323
dc.description.abstract Lutzomyia verrucarum (Townsend) is an abundant anthropophilic phlebotomine sandfly in the Peruvian Andes between 1500 m and 3000 m asl, where it has been incriminated as a vector of both Leishmania peruviana (cutaneous leishmaniasis) and Bartonella bacilliformis (bartonellosis). Previous studies of this vector demonstrated that sandfly activity, measured by sticky traps, was related to crop type. In this paper, we report the results of a field experiment in Peru (Department of Ancash) which show that a single human host in a crop does not attract Lu. verrucarum from distances of 5 m or more, and that there is a positive correlation between the number of Lu. verrucarum collected by sticky traps and the number attracted to a human host in the same field. The results imply that variation in sandfly activity between crop types could lead to differential risk of both leishmaniasis and bartonellosis for humans working at night in different crops. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
dc.relation.ispartofseries Bulletin of Entomological Research
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Bartonella bacilliformis en_US
dc.subject Diptera en_US
dc.subject Leishmania peruviana en_US
dc.subject Lutzomyia verrucarum en_US
dc.subject Psychodidae en_US
dc.title The distance of attraction of a human bait to Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae) in crops en_US
dc.title.alternative La distancia de atracción de un cebo humano a Lutzomyia verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae) en cultivos es_PE
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485300036038
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.00
dc.relation.issn 1475-2670


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