Entomological Survey of phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) and vector species in the tegumentary leishmaniasis endemic area in Eastern Brazilian Amazon, Amapa State

American tegumentary leishmaniasis is an endemic that has increased considerably in recent
decades in the Amazon region, sand flies are the vectors of the transmission of the protozoan that causes
leishmaniasis, so the objective of this study was to carry out a survey of the diversity of species and the
presence of Leishmania DNA in vectors circulating in three endemic counties for tegumentary
leishmaniasis in the eastern Brazilian Amazon (Amapá state, Brazil)