Le Pont F, Desjeux P
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1985;79(2):227-31. doi: 10.1016/0035-9203(85)90341-4.
A relatively high leishmanial infection rate was found in the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis collected from three villages of the Los Yungas region (Department of La Paz, Bolivia). 2,578 female sandflies were dissected. In three houses surveyed in Santa Barbara promastigote infection rates of Lu. longipalpis were 4.2, 2.2 and 3.2% respectively. Anatomical localization of the infection in the insect, and biochemical characterization of the strains indicate that the parasite belongs to the Leishmania donovani complex. The geographical area and the biotopes of Lu. longipalpis are discussed in relation to the vector-parasite relationship.
在从玻利维亚拉巴斯省永加斯地区的三个村庄采集的长须罗蛉（Lutzomyia longipalpis）中发现了相对较高的利什曼原虫感染率。解剖了2578只雌性白蛉。在圣巴巴拉调查的三所房屋中，长须罗蛉前鞭毛体感染率分别为4.2%、2.2%和3.2%。昆虫体内感染的解剖定位以及菌株的生化特征表明，该寄生虫属于杜氏利什曼原虫复合体。结合媒介-寄生虫关系讨论了长须罗蛉的地理区域和生物群落。
