Natural infection of Lutzomyia hartmanni with Leishmania (Viannia) equatorensis in Ecuador

Investigation of natural infection by Leishmania in sandflies of Paraná State, Southern Brazil

“…Naturally infected sandflies have also been found in other South American countries. In Ecuador, Furuya et al, (1998) found Le. equatorensis promastigotes in 6 of 61 dissected female specimens of Lutzomyia hartmanni.…”

Identification of Endotrypanum Species from a Sloth, a Squirrel and Lutzomyia Sandflies in Ecuador by PCR Amplification and Sequencing of the Mini-Exon Gene

“…hartmanni in 1993 were also markedly different from Leishmania species. Although one of them was identified as L. (V.) equatorensis, the other two isolates are still unidentified [8].…”