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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY
卷 37, 期 6, 页码 589-593出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.02.002
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Leishmania transmission; parasite-vector interaction; emerging diseases
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资金
- Wellcome Trust [078937] Funding Source: Medline
Development of Leishmania infantum/Leishmania major hybrids was studied in two sand fly species. In Phlebotomus papatasi, which supported development of L. major but not L. infantum, the hybrids produced heavy late-stage infections with high numbers of metacyclic promastigotes. In the permissive vector Lutzomyia longipalpis, all Leishmania strains included in this study developed well. Hybrids were found to express L. major lipophosphoglycan, apparently enabling them to survive in P. papatasi midgut. The genetic exchange of the hybrids thus appeared to have enhanced their transmission potential and fitness. A potentially serious consequence is the future spread of the hybrids using this peridomestic and antropophilic vector. (c) 2007 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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