Enhanced attraction of sand fly vectors of Leishmania infantum to dogs infected with zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis.

• Main Authors: Ifhem Chelbi (Author), Khouloud Maghraoui (Author), Sami Zhioua (Author), Saifedine Cherni (Author), Imen Labidi (Author), Abhay Satoskar (Author), James G C Hamilton (Author), Elyes Zhioua (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>The sand fly Phlebotomus perniciosus is the main vector of Leishmania infantum, etiological agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis in the Western Mediterranean basin. Dogs are the main reservoir host of this disease. The main objective of this study was to determine,...