Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae): a review
Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of AmericanVisceral Leishmaniasis (AVL) due to Leishmania chagasi in the New World.Despite its importance, AVL, a disease primarily of rural areas, has increased its prevalence and became urbanized in some large cities in Brazil and other here countries in Latin America.Although the disease is trea