The Potential Use of Forensic DNA Methods Applied to Sand Fly Blood Meal Analysis to Identify the Infection Reservoirs of Anthroponotic Visceral Leishmaniasis.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Ehud Inbar, Philip Lawyer, David Sacks, Daniele Podini
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Indian; Azar
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004706; https://doaj.org/article/8a022d6ce9b74d91aef2b0e86837198c

BACKGROUND:In the Indian sub-continent, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala azar, is a fatal form of leishmaniasis caused by the kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. VL is prevalent in northeast India where it is believed to h...