Studies on the Feeding Habits of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Populations from Endemic Areas of American Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northeastern Brazil

Table 1

Percentage of positive females of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) longipalpis. analyzed by ELISA collected in the Municipality of Jequié (BA), Teresina (PI), Sobral (CE) and Massapê (CE), Northeast Brazil.

Municipality
Antisera reactivity %	Jequié (BA)	Teresina (PI)	Sobral (CE)	Massapê (CE)
Bird	36.0	67.6	29.9	51.0
Dog	16.0	9.5	14.3	2.3
Goat	—	—	—	—
Opossum	8.0	—	2.6	2.3
Equine	16.0	2.7	15.6	8.5
Feline	—	—	1.3	—
Human	20.0	—	—	0.8
Sheep	—	2.7	9.1	10.8
Rodent	—	—	—	0.8
Dog + Human	4.0	—	—	—
Dog + Bird	—	4.1	—	2.3
Dog + Sheep	—	8.1	3.9	4.6
Dog + Equine	—	—	7.8	3.9
Equine + Sheep	—	—	2.6	—
Goat + Equine	—	—	2.6	—
Dog + Opossum	—	—	1.3	3.1
Sheep + Feline	—	—	1.3	0.8
Bird + Equine	—	—	1.3	—
Bird + Opossum	—	—	—	1.5
Bird + Sheep	—	—	—	0.8
Human + Sheep	—	—	—	0.8
Dog + Human + Equine	—	—	—	1.5
Bird + Dog + Equine	—	—	—	0.8
Bird + Opossum + Dog	—	—	—	0.8
Goat + Sheep + Equine	—	—	5.2	2.3
Dog + Sheep + Bird	—	5.4	—	—