Transmission of Leishmania infantum in the Canine Leishmaniasis Focus of Mont-Rolland, Senegal: Ecological, Parasitological and Molecular Evidence for a Possible Role of Sergentomyia Sand Flies.

• Main Authors: Massila Wagué Senghor (Author), Abdoul Aziz Niang (Author), Jérome Depaquit (Author), Hubert Ferté (Author), Malick Ndao Faye (Author), Eric Elguero (Author), Oumar Gaye (Author), Bulent Alten (Author), Utku Perktas (Author), Cécile Cassan (Author), Babacar Faye (Author), Anne-Laure Bañuls (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Leishmania (L.) infantum is the causative agent in an endemic focus of canine leishmaniasis in the Mont-Rolland district (Thiès, Senegal). In this area, the transmission cycle is well established and more than 30% of dogs and 20% of humans are seropositive for L. infantum. However, the sand fly spe...