Abstract

HERRER, Arístides. Estudios sobre leishmaniasis tegumentaria en el Perú: VI. Relación entre leishmaniasis tegumentaria y Phlebotomus. Rev. perú. med. exp. salud publica [online]. 1951, vol.8, n.1-4, pp.119-137. ISSN 1726-4634.

1. TweIve species of sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus are known in Perú, of which two are still unidentified. According the geographic region where they have been found, they may be grouped as follows: a. The western side of the Andes mountain range and the valley of the Santa river. There have been found: Phlebotomus verrucarum TOWNSEND, P. peruensis SHANNON, P. noguchii SHANNON and one species not as yet identified. The altitude limits of distributión of these species varies from 1,000 to 3,000 meters (3,280 to 9,840 fect) above sea level. b. The "interandino" valley of the Marañón river, with the following species: P. battistinii HERTIG, P. pescei HERTIG, P. imperatrix ALEXANDER and one not as yet identified. Altitude range above sea level, from 1,500 to 2,800 meters (4,820 to 9,184 feet). In this region P. verrucarum was also found. c. Selvatic region of the Amazonas jungle, with the following species: P. intermedius LUTZ and NEIVA, P. spuamiventris LUTZ and NEIVA, P. panamensis SHANNON and P. amazonensis ROOT. Altitude above sea level, arround 100 meters (328 feet). 2. Only in certain valleys of the western side of the Andes and in the so-called "Callejón de Huaylas" (part of the valley of the Santa river), entomological investigations have been made which allow to state a relachionship between the sandflies and the cutaneous leishmaniasis. In this way, it seems that P. verrucarum and P. peruensis could act as possible vector of the so-called uta, a clinical form of the cutaneous leishmaniasis which prevails in some montaneous localities of Perú.

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