Short report: Leishmania DNA in Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia species during a kala-azar epidemic

被引：54

作者：

Mukherjee, S

Hassan, MQ

Ghosh, A

Ghosh, KN

Bhattacharya, A

Adhya, S

机构：

[1] Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta

[2] Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta 7000032

[3] Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi

[4] National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

[5] Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven

[6] Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Calcutta

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE | 1997年 / 57卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.423

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

The presence of Leishmania donovani DNA in sand flies caught in Indian kala-azar patients' dwellings during the epidemic of 1990-1992 was studied using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Amplification of miniexon-derived RNA genes and gpG3 mRNA was achieved in single Phlebotomus argentipes, P. papatasi, and Sergentomyia babu flies. The data suggest the possible involvement of multiple sandfly species in kala-azar transmission.

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页码：423 / 425

页数：3

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