title: Leishmania infantum MON-98 isolated from naturally infected Phlebotomus langeroni (Diptera: Psychodidae) in El Agamy, Egypt.
abstract: Leishmania infantum zymodeme MON-98 was isolated in El Agamy, Egypt. A total of 15 (1.07%) Leishmania-like infections in the anterior midgut and in the head was found in 1,405 Phlebotomus langeroni (Nitzulescu); none of 1,785 Phlebotomus papatasi (Scopoli) was found infected. Four of the 15 cultures (26.7%) were indistinguishable from a reference L. infantum MON-98 strain using cellulose acetate electrophoresis. The isolation and identification of L. infantum MON-98 from naturally infected P. langeroni confirms that this species of sand fly is the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in El Agamy.
authors.affiliation: Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doha
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Shehata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology*; D007893:Leishmania donovani / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000635:transmission*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*