Dermal leishmaniasis in British Honduras - the vector

ABSTRACT

Flies of genus Phlebotomus, analogous to those which are vectors of leishmaniasis in the Old World, were studied in forest areas in British Honduras in order to determine whether they also were vectors of leishmaniasis. The disease was transmitted from an infected hamster to a human volunteer by a phlebotomus sandfly. It was also found possible to infect hamsters by injections of suspensions of triturated wild-caught man-biting Phlebotomes (AU)