Natural infections of phlebotomine sandflies with Trypanosomatidae in central and south Italy.
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.
Maroli
M
M
Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Gramiccia
M
M
Gradoni
L
L
Ready
P D
PD
Smith
D F
DF
Aquino
C
C
D000818:Animals; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007558:Italy; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*