Bettini S, Gramiccia M, Gradoni L, Atzeni M C
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1986;80(3):458-9. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90344-5.
Two promastigote-infected specimens of Phlebotomus perniciosus Newstead, 1911, were found in the province of Cagliari, Italy. The parasites from one specimen were successfully cultured in a hamster. The isolate was typed on 11 enzymes and shown to be identical with the reference strain of Leishmania infantum s.st. This is the first typing of a leishmanial organism from naturally infected P. perniciosus.
