作者: Govind B. Modi
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1535-0_3
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摘要: Phlebotomine sandflies include about 700 species and belong to the order Diptera, family Psychodidae, subfamily Phlebotominae. They are important vectors of leishmaniases, arboviruses (sandfly fever other) bartonellosis (Carrion’s disease). About 70 proven or suspected these diseases (Lane, 1993). Sandfly transmitted widely distributed in tropical subtropical countries, extending through Central South America, Southeast Asia, India, China, Mediterranean Basin, Africa. Several autochthonous human cases cutaneous leishmaniasis have been discovered Texas, dispelling belief that sandfly-borne do not occur North America.