@misc{10481/70223,
year = {2021},
month = {6},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70223},
abstract = {Cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania tropica represents a major public health problem due to its ability to
spread into non-endemic areas by means of its vectors, and the associated dramatic psychosocial impact. The
objective of this work was to compare the intra and extradomiciliary density, sex ratio and gonotrophic stage of
sand flies from a recent active focus in Morocco. This field study is based on the need to optimize the effectiveness
of control programs. Two different capture methods, CDC light traps and sticky traps, were used at two
different times of the year, corresponding with the peaks of sand fly abundance. 7,815 sand flies were captured
and classified into 13 species belonging to genera Sergentomyia (50.8%) and Phlebotomus (49.2%). Phlebotomus
sergenti was the most abundant and frequent species of the genus Phlebotomus both inside (49.3%) and outside
houses (52.1%) and it showed the highest density in extradomiciliary captures in June. The proportion of bloodfed
females was similar indoors and outdoors (21.5% and 26.3%, respectively). Females in the three gonotrophic
stages were found in 26% houses and this was significantly associated with some factors related to housing
conditions. Therefore, P. sergenti seems well adapted to both indoors and outdoors biotopes where these females
coexist with males. These findings suggest that the adoption of additional measures could benefit the strategy of
the Moroccan health authorities, currently consisting of indoor insecticide spraying, given that transmission may
also occur outdoors.},
organization = {University of Granada (Centro de Ini-ciativas de Cooperacion al Desarrollo, CICODE, 2013)},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Phlebotomus sergenti},
keywords = {Leishmania tropica},
keywords = {Sand fly behaviour},
keywords = {Indoors and outdoors biotopes},
keywords = {Control programs},
title = {Intra and peridomiciliary comparison of density, sex ratio and gonotrophic stage of Phlebotomus sergenti in an active anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in Morocco},
doi = {10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106005},
author = {Gijón Robles, Patricia and Corpas López, Victoriano and Morillas Márquez, Francisco and Martín Sánchez, Joaquina and Díaz Sáez, Victoriano},
}