Cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum transmitted by Phlebotomus tobbi
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
18761342
DOI
10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.06.016
PII: S0020-7519(08)00270-1
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Insect Vectors * MeSH
- Leishmania infantum isolation & purification MeSH
- Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous epidemiology transmission MeSH
- Leishmaniasis, Visceral epidemiology transmission MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Phlebotomus parasitology MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Cattle MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Child MeSH
- Adult MeSH
- Middle Aged MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Adolescent MeSH
- Male MeSH
- Child, Preschool MeSH
- Cattle MeSH
- Female MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Turkey epidemiology MeSH
Transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania infantum was studied in South Anatolia, Turkey. Small, non-ulcerating lesions prevailed and patients were negative in rK39 tests for antibody detection for human visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The most abundant sand fly species, Phlebotomus tobbi, was found positive for Leishmania promastigotes with a prevalence of 1.4% (13 out of 898 dissected females). The isolated strains were identical with those obtained from patients with CL and were typed as L. infantum. Phylogenetic analysis revealed similarity to MON-188 and a clear difference from the MON-1 clade. Blood-meal identification showed that P. tobbi feeds preferentially on cattle and humans. This finding, the high number of CL patients and relative scarcity of dogs in the focus, suggests that the transmission cycle could be anthroponotic.
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