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      Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan: the low susceptibility of Phlebotomus papatasi to Leishmania tropica.

      Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
      Animals, Female, Insect Vectors, parasitology, Intestines, Leishmania tropica, Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous, Phlebotomus

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          Females of a laboratory colony of Phlebotomus papatasi from Kabul were fed through a membrane on a high dose of amastigotes of Leishmania tropica from the same place. Less than one-third of the flies became infected and only 6% developed heavy infections of the stomodaeal valve. From these observations, and previous studies by other workers, it is concluded that P. papatasi probably plays little or no part in the transmission of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul. As in Saudi Arabia and Morocco, the most likely vector in Afghanistan is P. sergenti.

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          8036692
          10.1016/0035-9203(94)90320-4

          Chemistry
          Animals,Female,Insect Vectors,parasitology,Intestines,Leishmania tropica,Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous,Phlebotomus

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