Brazilian Sand Flies

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).

Chapter 1: Phlebotominae Sand Flies, Medical Importance.- Chapter 2: Classification, Morphology and Terminology of adults and Identification of the American taxa.- Chapter 3: Molecular and biochemical markers for investigating the vectorial roles of Brazilian sand flies.- Chapter 4: Regional Distribution and Habitats of Brazilian Phlebotomine Species.- Chapter 5: Bionomy. Biology of Neotropical Phlebotomine Sand flies.- Chapter 6: The biology of the Leishmania-sand fly interaction. Chapter 7: Sand fly vectors of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Brazil.- Chapter 8: The eco-epidemiology of American visceral leishmaniasis, with particular reference to Brazil.- Chapter 9: Brazilian Phlebotomines as hosts and vectors of viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa (excluding those belonging to the genus Leishmania) and nematodes.- Chapter 10: Methods for Capturing, Processing and Preserving Phlebotomine.- Chapter 11: Leishmaniasis Vector Surveillance and Control in Brazil: A challenge to Control Programs.