Experimental infection of Lutzomyia longipalpis fed on a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis

Abstract

The authors were able to infect phlebotomine sandflies on a human case of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by feeding females of Lutzomyia longipalpis on a patient with a lesion due to Leishmania mexicana amazonensis.Os autores lograram infectar flebótomos em um caso humano de leishmaniose tegumentar americana fazendo fêmeas de Lutzomyia longipalpis se alimentarem em paciente com lesões devida à Leishmania mexicana amazonensis.

Keywords

• Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
• Lutzomyia longipalpis
• Leishmania mexicana amazonensis