Brazilian Sand Flies
Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control
Editors: Rangel, Elizabeth F., Shaw, Jeffrey J. (Eds.)
Free Preview- The first English-language book focused on Brazilian sand flies and their medical importance
- Proposes a novel taxonomy classification to improve species identification
- Discusses biological and ecological aspects as well sampling methods and leishmaniasis vector control
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Dr. Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel is a public health investigator who presently leads PAHO/WHO´s National and International reference centre on the control, surveillance, taxonomy and ecology of leishmaniasis´ vectors that is located at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation´s Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is an advisor to Brazil´s Ministry of Health and the organizer of the foundation´s Leishmaniasis reference network. Dr Rangel is a member of the Pan American Health Organization´s Leishmaniasis Control Program Expert Committee and a WHO Expert Advisor on Parasitic Diseases (Leishmaniasis).
Professor Jeffrey Jon Shaw has worked on leishmaniasis in Brazil since 1965, initially in the Amazon region, where he was based at the Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil. In 1994 he left Belém to take up a tenured professorship in São Paulo University´s Parasitology Department located in its Biomedical Sciences Institute. He retired in 2008 but continues there as a Senior Professor. He has been a member of three WHO Leishmaniasis Expert Committees, is a WHO expert advisor on Parasitic Diseases (Leishmaniasis) and an advisor to national and international research and funding agencies. Prof. Shaw is a fellow of the Brazilian Academy of Science, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and founder and director of the International Leishmaniasis discussion group (Leish-L).
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Sand Flies: Medical Importance
Pages 1-8
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Phlebotominae (Diptera, Psychodidae): Classification, Morphology and Terminology of Adults and Identification of American Taxa
Pages 9-212
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Molecular and Biochemical Markers for Investigating the Vectorial Roles of Brazilian Sand Flies
Pages 213-250
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Regional Distribution and Habitats of Brazilian Phlebotomine Species
Pages 251-298
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Bionomy: Biology of Neotropical Phlebotomine Sand Flies
Pages 299-318
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Brazilian Sand Flies
- Book Subtitle
- Biology, Taxonomy, Medical Importance and Control
- Editors
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- Elizabeth F. Rangel
- Jeffrey J. Shaw
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-75544-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-75544-1
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-75543-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-09260-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 494
- Number of Illustrations
- 62 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
- Topics
