The susceptibility of wild caught sand flies to infection by a subspecies of Leishmania mexicana isolated from proechimys iheringi denigratus (Rodentia, echimyidae)

Abstract

Several species of wild caught sand flies were collected in the same site where a subspecies of Leishmania mexicana was isolated from the rodent Proechimys iheringi denigratus. The absence of natural infection in these sand flies permitted us to test, with relative assurance, the susceptibility of wild caught females to infection by this parasite. The success obtained in these experimental infections suggest that one or more of the sand fly species encountered in high numbers in the same site where the infected rodents were captured may be the vector(s) of this subspecies of L. mexicana.

The phlebotomine fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Guaraí, state of Tocantins, with an emphasis on the putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in rural settlement and periurban areas

“…Ps. ayrozai is an anthropophilic species (de Aguiar et al 1985, Gomes & Galati 1989) and experimental infection studies have revealed its susceptibility to Leishmania (Leishmania) forattinii (Barretto et al 1986, Lainson & Shaw 2005). Despite reports showing the vector competence of Ps.…”

Richness and diversity of sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) in an Atlantic rainforest reserve in southeastern Brazil

“…( L .) forattinii (Barretto et al 1985, 1986). However, no sand fly species were found naturally infected by L .…”