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. 1997 Oct;57(4):423-5.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.57.423.

Short report: Leishmania DNA in Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia species during a kala-azar epidemic

S Mukherjee  1 , M Q Hassan, A Ghosh, K N Ghosh, A Bhattacharya, S Adhya
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Short report: Leishmania DNA in Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia species during a kala-azar epidemic

S Mukherjee et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1997 Oct.

Abstract

The presence of Leishmania donovani DNA in sand flies caught in Indian kala-azar patients' dwellings during the epidemic of 1990-1992 was studied using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Amplification of miniexon-derived RNA genes and gpG3 mRNA was achieved in single Phlebotomus argentipes, P. papatasi, and Sergentomyia babu flies. The data suggest the possible involvement of multiple sandfly species in kala-azar transmission.

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