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Reduced longevity and fecundity in Leishmania-infected sand flies
B M el Sawaf1, S A el Sattar, M G Shehata
1Research and Training Center on Vectors of Diseases, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt.
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Phlebotomus papatasi and P. langeroni were infected with Leishmania major and L. infantum by membrane feeding. Each sand fly ingested approximately 200 parasites per blood meal. Higher mortality in both sand fly species was seen with mixed infections than with a single parasite species. There was no significant difference between infections with either L. major or L. infantum in their natural vectors or experimental hosts. Infection significantly depressed the mean number of eggs laid per female.