Infection of ILeishmania donovani/I in IPhlebotomus orientalis/I Sand Flies at Different Microhabitats of a Kala-Azar Endemic Village in Eastern Sudan

• Published in: Tropical medicine and infectious disease Vol. 9; no. 2
• Main Authors: Khogali, Altayeb, Elnaiem, Dia-Eldin A, Díaz-Regañón, Ramón, Jibreel, Tayseer, Nour, Bakri Y. M, Abdelrahman, Samira Hamid, Molina, Ricardo, Jiménez, Maribel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 01.02.2024
• Subjects: DNA sequencing; Infection; Nucleotide sequencing; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Sudan; Spain

A study was carried out to compare the infection rates of Leishmania donovani in Phlebotomus orientalis sandflies at different microhabitats of a VL endemic village in Gedarif state, Sudan. DNA extracts of 1078 P. orientalis sand fly females sampled by CDC light traps from indoor, outdoor, peri-dome...