title: Natural infections of phlebotomine sandflies with Trypanosomatidae in central and south Italy.
abstract: In a survey of Leishmania infections of phlebotomine sandflies caught in central and south Italy in 1986, zymodeme MON-1 (Montpellier 1) of Leishmania infantum was isolated from Phlebotomus perniciosus and L. tarentolae [= Trypanosoma platydactyli?] was isolated from Sergentomyia minuta, providing for mainland Italy the first direct proof of these long-suspected parasite-vector associations. The roles of P. perfiliewi and P. perniciosus in the transmission of Leishmania spp. in Italy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maroli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gramiccia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gradoni
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Ready
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aquino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007558:Italy; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*