| Literature DB >> 8510126 |
C P McHugh1, M Grogl, R D Kreutzer.
Abstract
Three of 27 female Lutzomyia anthophora (Addis) collected in Texas from the nest of a southern plains woodrat, Neotoma micropus Baird, during October 1991 were infected with flagellate protozoans. Isolates were grown in Schneider's Drosophila medium supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum, and isozyme analysis of two of the isolates determined the parasites to be Leishmania mexicana (Biagi). These are the first isolations of Leishmania from field-collected sand flies in North America north of Mexico. Possible reasons for the lack of human cases near the focus are presented.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8510126 DOI： 10.1093/jmedent/30.3.631
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Med Entomol ISSN： 0022-2585 Impact factor: 2.278