Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hamsters and mice by the bite of Phlebotomus sergenti

Abstract

Experimental transmission of the parasite confirms that P. sergenti is a natural vector of L. tropica

Keywords

• Svobodová
• Votýpka
• Kulíková cutaneous leishmaniasis
• transmission
• vector competence
• BALB/c mouse
• Mesocricetus