This is the first English-language book dedicated to Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance. No other country has so many species of these haematophagous insects as Brazil and their diversity has reached an astonishing level. The book contains comprehensive chapters, written by Brazilian experts on their regional distribution, their ecology and their importance as vectors of pathogens and parasites. Methods for sampling, processing and preserving phlebotomines are reviewed as are perspectives on surveillance and leishmaniasis vector control. A novel classification is presented whose aim is to help investigators identify the species that they are working with more efficiently.
Chapter 1: Phlebotominae?Sand Flies, Medical Importance.- Chapter 2: Classification, Morphology and Terminology of?adults? and?Identification of the American taxa.- Chapter 3: Molecular and biochemical markers for investigating the?vectorial?roles of Brazilian sand flies.- Chapter 4: Regional Distribution and Habitats of Brazilian?Phlebotomine?Species.- Chapter 5: Bionomy.?Biology of?Neotropical?Phlebotomine?Sand flies.- Chapter 6: The biology of the?Leishmania-sand fly interaction. Chapter 7: Sand fly vectors of American Cutaneous?Leishmaniasis?in Brazil.- Chapter 8: The eco-epidemiology of American visceral?leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil.- Chapter 9: Brazilian?Phlebotomines?as hosts and vectors of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa (excluding those belonging to the genus?Leishmania) and nematodes.- Chapter 10: Methods for Capturing, Processing and Preserving?Phlebotomine.- Chapter 11: Leishmaniasis?Vector Surveillance and Control in Brazil: A challenge to Control Programs.
Dr. Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel is a public health investigator who presently leads PAHO/WHO?s National and International reference centre on the control, surveillance, taxonomy and ecology of leishmaniasilcO
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