title: [A newly identified endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Minfeng county of south Xinjiang II. Investigation on phlebotomine vectors].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the transmitting phlebotomine sandfly in Minfeng County, a newly-identified endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in the south of Talim Pendi of Xinjiang.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sandflies were collected using routine methods in and around the Yatonggusi village of Andier Township. The sandflies were identified to get their composition. Sandfly density was calculated following an observation at a given spot and time-period, and their appearance was recorded at night-time and day-time. Sandflies were dissected to analyze the gonotrophic cycle and to find infection of promastigotes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Phlebotomus wui was identified as the transmitting vector of visceral leishmaniasis in Andier Township, which occupied 99.2% of the sandflies collected. The first and second ten-day period of June was the first peak of its seasonal distribution. Analysis of the gonotrophic cycle revealed that Ph. wui was an exophilic species and appeared nocturnally for feeding with preference to human blood. Natural infection with promastigotes was found in 2 sandflies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Phlebotomus wui is the transmitting vector for visceral leishmaniasis in the newly found endemic area of south Xinjiang.
authors.forename: Chang-Fa
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xin-Ping
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Deng-An
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Yisilayin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Qin-Xian
authors.initials: QX
authors.lastname: Lan
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu-Xiang
authors.initials: SX
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Xiong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ruziguli
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhumahong
authors.lastname: Abulimiti
authors.lastname: Muhetaer
authors.lastname: Abuduwaili
authors.lastname: Kuerban
authors.forename: Xin-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000469:parasitology*