Publication: Density assessment and reporting for Phlebotomus perniciosus and other sand fy species in periurban residential estates in Spain
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Muñoz Hernández, Clara ; Risueño Iranzo, José ; Pérez Cutillas, Pedro ; Bernal Gambín, Luis Jesús ; Ortiz Sánchez, Juana ; Ruiz de Ybáñez Carnero, María del Rocío ; Sánchez-López, P.F. ; Martínez Carrasco-Pleite, Carlos ; Del Río Alonso, Laura ; De la Rúa Tarín, Pilar ; García Martínez, Juan Diego ; Murcia, Laura ; Collantes Alcaraz, Francisco ; Spitzova, T. ; Elshanat, S. ; Berriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo ; Goyena Salgado, Elena ; Gonzálvez Juan, Moisés
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10.1007/s00436-021-07270-0
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© 2021 the authors. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
This document is the Publised Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Parasitology Research. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-021-07270-0
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Green periurban residential areas in Mediterranean countries have flourished in the last decades and become foci for leishmaniasis. To remedy the absence of information on vector ecology in these environments, we examined phlebotomine sand fly distribution in 29 sites in Murcia City over a 3-year period, including the plots of 20 detached houses and nine non-urbanized sites nearby. We collected 5,066 specimens from five species using "sticky" interception and light attraction traps. The relative frequency of the main Leishmania infantum vector Phlebotomus perniciosus in these traps was 32% and 63%, respectively. Sand fly density was widely variable spatially and temporally and greatest in non-urbanized sites, particularly in caves and abandoned buildings close to domestic animal holdings. Phlebotomus perniciosus density in house plots was positively correlated with those in non-urbanized sites, greatest in larger properties with extensive vegetation and non-permanently lived, but not associated to dog presence or a history of canine leishmaniasis. Within house plots, sand fly density was highest in traps closest to walls. Furthermore, the study provides a guideline for insect density assessment and reporting and is envisioned as a building block towards the development of a pan-European database for robust investigation of environmental determinants of sand fly distribution.
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