Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hyraxes (Procavia capensis) by the bite of Phlebotomus arabicus

Abstract

The ability of the sand fly Phlebotomus (Adlerius) arabicus to transmit Leishmania tropica was studied experimentally using hyraxes (Procavia capensis), natural reservoir hosts of the parasite. Sand flies became infected with L. tropica after feeding on

Keywords

• asymptomatic reservoir host
• sand fly
• vector competence
• cutaneous leishmaniasis
• zoonosis
• CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS
• KINETOPLASTIDA-TRYPANOSOMATIDAE
• BLACK RAT
• SERGENTI
• COMPETENCE
• CORRELATE
• RESERVOIR