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

• Main Authors: Chukwunonso O Nzelu (Author), Hirotomo Kato (Author), Naiki Puplampu (Author), Kwame Desewu (Author), Shirley Odoom (Author), Michael D Wilson (Author), Tatsuya Sakurai (Author), Ken Katakura (Author), Daniel A Boakye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: 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...