Larval breeding sites of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in visceral leishmaniasis endemic urban areas in Southeastern Brazil.

• Main Authors: Cláudio Casanova (Author), Maria T M Andrighetti (Author), Susy M P Sampaio (Author), Maria L G Marcoris (Author), Fernanda E Colla-Jacques (Author), Angelo P Prado (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND: The scarcity of information on the immature stages of sand flies and their preferred breeding sites has resulted in the focus of vectorial control on the adult stage using residual insecticide house-spraying. This strategy, along with the treatment of human cases and the euthanasia of in...