%0 Journal Article %T Phlebotomine sandfly species from an American visceral leishmaniasis area in the Northern Rainforest region of Pernambuco State, Brazil %A Carvalho %A Maria Rosimery de %A Lima %A Bruna Santos %A Marinho-J¨²nior %A Jos¨¦ Ferreira %A Silva %A Fernando Jos¨¦ da %A Valen£¿a %A H¨¦lio Fran£¿a %A Almeida %A Francisco de Assis %A Silva %A Amilton Lopes da %A Brand£¿o-Filho %A Sinval Pinto %J Cadernos de Sa¨²de P¨²blica %D 2007 %I Escola Nacional de Sa¨²de P¨²blica, Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz %R 10.1590/S0102-311X2007000500024 %X the aim of this study was to identify the fauna of phlebotomine sandflies in an area with incidence of american visceral leishmaniasis (avl) in s£¿o vicente f¨¦rrer, a municipality (county) located in the northern zona da mata in pernambuco state, brazil. sandfly captures were conducted monthly for four nights/month from december 2002 to november 2003, by means of manual captures (with a shannon trap) and by cdc light traps. a total of 23,156 specimens of phlebotomines sandflies were collected in a remnant of the atlantic rainforest, houses, and animal shelters. lutzomyia complexa was the most prevalent species, with a frequency of 62.5% (14,445/23,156), followed by lutzomyia migonei, with 33.2% (7,677/23,156). no lutzomyia longipalpis (the main vector of leishmania chagasi in brazil and the americas) was found in the target area. some specimens were dissected, but no leishmania parasites were found. %K leishmaniasis %K psychodidae %K disease vectors. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-311X2007000500024&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en