Phlebotomus (Phlebotomus) duboscqi (Diptera: Phlebotominae), naturally infected with Leishmania major in southern Ethiopia.
In a survey of Leishmania infections in phlebotomine sandflies in visceral leishmaniasis focus at Aba Roba, Segen Valley, southern Ethiopia, Phlebotomus duboscqi was found naturally infected with L. major (zymodeme MON-74). This is the first isolation of L. major from a vector sandfly in Ethiopia, from an area where human and/or rodent infections with L. major are, so far, unknown.
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Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
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D000818:Animals; D005002:Ethiopia; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007895:Leishmania tropica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*