Issue |
Parasite
Volume 4, Number 3, September 1997
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Page(s) | 273 - 276 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1997043273 | |
Published online | 23 September 2014 |
Note de recherche
Past and present prevalence of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Italy
La distribution de Phlebotomus papatasi in Italy
Department of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
* Correspondence : Dr. Michele Maroli, Department of Parasitology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Tel : ++39 6 49 90 2302 - Fax : ++39 6 49 38 70 65 E-mail : maroli@pop3.iss.it
Received:
22
January
1997
Accepted:
29
April
1997
The authors list all data reporting the presence and density of Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Italy. The general conclusion is that P. papatasi is widespread and at times abundant in urban areas. Exceptional collections were made in Apulia (in old stables) and Latium (in bedrooms). In localities near Rome (Rocca Priora and Collevecchlo Sabino) and in the city of Rome as well, P. papatasi may be a nuisance, with many people suffering severe irritation from multiple bites. Two laboratory colonies of P. papatasi have been established from naturally-engorged females collected in Latium (Rocca Priora and Rome) with the aim of studying the ability of laboratory-bred females to incubate and transmit Leishmania and phleboviruses.
Résumé
Les auteurs passent en revue les données relatives à la présence et à l'abondance de P. papatasi en Italie qui montrent sa large répartition et parfois son abondance en zone urbaine. Des récoltes exceptionnelles sont rapportées de Puglia (vieilles étables) et du Latium (chambres à coucher). En périphérie de Rome et même à Rome, P. papatasi peut constituer une nuisance à l'origine d'irritations étendues consécutives à des piqûres multiples. Deux colonies sont actuellement entretenues au laboratoire à partir de femelles gorgées piégées dans le Latium dans le but d'étudier la capacité des femelles d'élevage à transmettre des leishmanies et des virus.
Key words: Phlebotomus papatasi / distribution / abundance / Italy
Mots clés : Phlebotomus papatasi / distribution / densité / Italie
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 1997, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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