Barretto A C, Vexenat J A, Peterson N E
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1986 Apr-Jun;81(2):235-6. doi: 10.1590/s0074-02761986000200015.
Several species of wild caught sand flies were collected in the same site where a subspecies of Leishmania mexicana was isolated from the rodent Proechimys iheringi denigratus. The absence of natural infection in these sand flies permitted us to test, with relative assurance, the susceptibility of wild caught females to infection by this parasite. The success obtained in these experimental infections suggest that one or more of the sand fly species encountered in high numbers in the same site where the infected rodents were captured may be the vector(s) of this subspecies of L. mexicana.
在从啮齿动物伊氏前齿鼠黑化亚种的洞穴中分离出墨西哥利什曼原虫一个亚种的同一地点，采集了几种野生捕获的白蛉。这些白蛉没有自然感染，这使我们能够相对确定地测试野生捕获的雌性白蛉对这种寄生虫感染的易感性。这些实验性感染取得的成功表明，在捕获受感染啮齿动物的同一地点大量出现的一种或多种白蛉物种可能是墨西哥利什曼原虫这个亚种的传播媒介。
