Isolations of Leishmania braziliensis (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) from Cryopreserved Colombian Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
- 1 September 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 24 (5) , 587-589
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/24.5.587
Abstract
Of 18,463 Lutzomyia sand flies captured near Arboledas, Norte de Santander, Colombia, and cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen, 11 had natural flagellate infections. Promastigotes from one female of Lutzomyia spinicrassa Morales, Osorno, Osorno & Muñoz, a verrucarum group species and the most common man-biter at this locality, were identified by isozyme analysis as Leishsmania braziliensis braziliensis Vianna. Elsewhere in Colombia, two other members of the L. braziliensis complex, Leishmania braziliensis panamensis Lainson & Shaw and Leishmania braziliensis guyanensis Floch, were identified from naturally infected Lutzomyia trapidoi (Fairchild & Hertig) and Lutzomyia umbratilis Ward & Fraiha, respectively. To date, these represent the only confirmed isolations of Leishmania from Colombian sand flies.Keywords
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