The vector of an outbreak of kala-azar in Kenya.

作者： R. B. HEISCH

关键词: Leishmaniasis 、 Vector (epidemiology) 、 Virology 、 Skin lesion 、 Outbreak 、 Sandfly 、 Visceral leishmaniasis 、 Biology 、 Sandfly bite

摘要: IT has recently been suggested that a new sandfly of termitaries, provisionally designated Phlebotomus (Sergentomyia) sp. nov. 2, may be the vector an outbreak kala-azar in Kenya Colony which involved more than three thousand Africans1. Not only does bite man, but also it is widely distributed throughout epidemic area, and small proportion are naturally infected with leptomonads anterior part mid-gut.