BookElizabeth F. Rangel, Jeffrey J. Shaw, editors.
Summary: 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.
Contents:
Sand flies : medical importance / Wagner Alexandre Costa and Nataly A. Souza
Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae) : classification, morphology and terminology of adults and identification of American taxa / Eunice A.B. Galati
Molecular and biochemical markers for investigating the vectorial roles of Brazilian sand flies / Paul D. Ready, Felipe M. Vigoder, and Elizabeth F. Rangel
Regional distribution and habitats of Brazilian phlebotomine species / Gustavo M. de Aguiar and Vanessa R. Vieira
Bionomy : biology of neotropical phlebotomine sand flies / Reginaldo P. Brazil and Beatriz G. Brazil
Biology of the Leishmania-sand fly interaction / Paulo F.P. Pimenta, Vanessa C. de Freitas, Carolina C. Monteiro, Ana Clara M.A. Pires, and Nágila Francinete C. Secundino
Sand fly vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil / Elizabeth F. Rangel, Ralph Lainson, Bruno M. Carvalho, Simone M. Costa, and Jeffrey J. Shaw
Eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis with particular reference to Brazil / Elizabeth F. Rangel, Ralph Lainson, Margarete M.S. Afonso, and Jeffrey J. Shaw
Brazilian phlebotomines as hosts and vectors of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa (excluding those belonging to the genus Leishmania) and nematodes / Jeffrey J. Shaw, Amélia T. de Rosa, Ana Cecilia Cruz, and Pedro Fernando da C. Vasconcelos
Methods for capturing, processing and preserving Phlebotominae / Mauricio Luiz Vilela, Adriana Zwetsch, and Júlia dos S. Silva
Leishmaniasis-vector surveillance and control in Brazil : a challenge to control programs / Ana Nilce S. Maia-Elkhoury, Rafaella Albuquerque, and Oscar D. Salomón.