The transmission of suprapylarian Leishmania by bite of experimentally infected sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Lutzomyia furcata transmitted Leishmania chagasi to a hamster 10 days after being experimentally fed on an infected spleen. An individual female Psychodopygus carrerai carrerai that had fed on a hamster lesion caused by Leishmania mexicana amazonensis transmitted this parasite 6 days later to another hamster. Transmission electron microscopy of this fly's head revealed a small number of degenerate promastigotes in the foregut, but only a few were attached.

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Main Authors: Ryan,L., Lainson,R., Shaw,J. J., Wallbanks,K. R.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1987
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761987000300016
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