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"Alves JRC"
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Phlebotomine Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Species of Medical
Importance from Caves in the States of Minas Gerais, Rio De
Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil
This study aimed to update the phlebotomine fauna in caves and compare the species of medical importance with those documented in previous studies conducted in the southeastern re…
Phlebotomine Fauna
Caves
Minas Gerais
Biodiversity in Medical Entomology and its significance for Public
Health
In December 1984, I started working at the Entomology Laboratory of the Superintendence of Public Health Campaigns - SUCAM, in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Th…
Anopheline
Biodiversity
Medical Entomology
First Report of Lutzomyia edwardsi and Lutzomyia gasparviannai
Infected by Nematodes in a Rio de Janeiro Cave
In 1984, a case of a wild rodent (Proechimys iheringi) infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) forattinii was reported. Lutzomyia gasparviannai is considered the vector of this etio…
Cave
Phlebotominae
Nematodes