Leishmania major MON-26 isolated from naturally infected Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Isfahan Province, Iran.
In a survey of leishmania infections in phlebotomine sandflies in one of the most important focus of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) at Borkhar, a rural district north of the city of Isfahan, central Iran, Phlebotomus (phlebotomus) papatasi Scopoli from gerbil and jird burrows were naturally infected with Leishmania major zymodeme MON-26. This is the first isolation and characterization of L. major from P. papatasi in Iran, from an area where human and rodent infections with L. major have been present for a very long time.
School of Public Health, Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Iran.
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D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae; D007492:Iran; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis; D018320:Leishmania major / Q000201:enzymology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*
D007527:Isoenzymes