The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal

Phlebotomine sandflies of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World. It has been suggested that Sergentomyia spp are involved in the transmission of Leishmania in India and Africa, whereas Phlebotomus spp are thought to be the sole vectors of Leishmania in the Old World....

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Autores principales: Campino, Lenea, Cortes, Sofia, Dionísio, Lídia, Neto, Luís, Afonso, Maria Odete, Maia, Carla
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23828004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108042013020
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author Campino, Lenea
Cortes, Sofia
Dionísio, Lídia
Neto, Luís
Afonso, Maria Odete
Maia, Carla
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Cortes, Sofia
Dionísio, Lídia
Neto, Luís
Afonso, Maria Odete
Maia, Carla
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description Phlebotomine sandflies of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World. It has been suggested that Sergentomyia spp are involved in the transmission of Leishmania in India and Africa, whereas Phlebotomus spp are thought to be the sole vectors of Leishmania in the Old World. In this study, Leishmania major DNA was detected in one Sergentomyia minuta specimen that was collected in the southern region of Portugal. This study challenges the dogma that Leishmania is exclusively transmitted by species of the genus Phlebotomus in the Old World.
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spelling pubmed-39706242014-05-21 The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal Campino, Lenea Cortes, Sofia Dionísio, Lídia Neto, Luís Afonso, Maria Odete Maia, Carla Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz Short Communications Phlebotomine sandflies of the genus Sergentomyia are widely distributed throughout the Old World. It has been suggested that Sergentomyia spp are involved in the transmission of Leishmania in India and Africa, whereas Phlebotomus spp are thought to be the sole vectors of Leishmania in the Old World. In this study, Leishmania major DNA was detected in one Sergentomyia minuta specimen that was collected in the southern region of Portugal. This study challenges the dogma that Leishmania is exclusively transmitted by species of the genus Phlebotomus in the Old World. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-06 /pmc/articles/PMC3970624/ /pubmed/23828004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108042013020 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Short Communications
Campino, Lenea
Cortes, Sofia
Dionísio, Lídia
Neto, Luís
Afonso, Maria Odete
Maia, Carla
The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title_full The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title_fullStr The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title_short The first detection of Leishmania major in naturally infected Sergentomyia minuta in Portugal
title_sort first detection of leishmania major in naturally infected sergentomyia minuta in portugal
topic Short Communications
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970624/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23828004
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0074-0276108042013020
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