First detection of Leishmania tropica DNA and Trypanosoma species in Sergentomyia sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from an outbreak area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ghana.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Chukwunonso O Nzelu (लेखक), Hirotomo Kato (लेखक), Naiki Puplampu (लेखक), Kwame Desewu (लेखक), Shirley Odoom (लेखक), Michael D Wilson (लेखक), Tatsuya Sakurai (लेखक), Ken Katakura (लेखक), Daniel A Boakye (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Leishmania major and an uncharacterized species have been reported from human patients in a cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) outbreak area in Ghana. Reports from the area indicate the presence of anthropophilic Sergentomyia species that were found with Leishmania DNA.<h...