Laboratoire de Recherche, et Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Tunisia.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Oct;85(4):646-7. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0681.
During September 2010, 133 female sand flies were caught inside houses of patients with cutaneous leishmaniasis in the focus for this disease in southeastern Tunisia and subsequently dissected. One specimen was positive for Leishmania protozoa. This sand fly species was identified as Phlebotomus sergenti, and the parasite was identified as L. tropica. This is the first report of P. sergenti involvement in transmission of L. tropica in Tunisia.
2010 年 9 月,在突尼斯东南部的皮肤利什曼病疫区,从 133 名皮肤利什曼病患者的家中捕获了 133 只雌性沙蝇,并对其进行了解剖。其中一个标本检测出利什曼原虫。这种沙蝇被鉴定为 P. sergenti,寄生虫被鉴定为 L. tropica。这是首次报告 P. sergenti 在突尼斯参与传播 L. tropica。