Xenodiagnosis of Leishmania donovani in BALB/c mice using Phlebotomus orientalis: a new laboratory model

Xenodiagnosis of Leishmania donovani in BALB/c mice using Phlebotomus orientalis: a new laboratory model

Abstract Background In areas endemic for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the majority of infected hosts remain asymptomatic but potentially infectious to biting sand flies. Their infectiousness for sand fly vectors is crucial for the transmission of the disease and can be quantified only by xenodiagnos...

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Main Authors: Jovana Sadlova, Veronika Seblova, Jan Votypka, Alon Warburg, Petr Volf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-03-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Xenodiagnosis
Visceral leishmaniasis
Phlebotomine sand flies
Asymptomatic reservoir hosts
Vector-borne diseases
Leishmania donovani
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0765-x

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0765-x

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