Open AccessInvestigations on Mediterranean kala azar. XI A study of leishmaniasis in Canea (Crete)
Author(s) -
S. Adler,
O. Theodor,
G. Witenberg
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
proceedings of the royal society of london. series b, biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9193
pISSN - 0080-4649
DOI - 10.1098/rspb.1938.0039
Subject(s) - sandfly , visceral leishmaniasis , leishmania infantum , canine leishmaniasis , phlebotomus , balkan peninsula , leishmaniasis , mediterranean area , veterinary medicine , vector (molecular biology) , biology , geography , mediterranean climate , leishmania , immunology , medicine , ecology , parasite hosting , biochemistry , world wide web , computer science , gene , recombinant dna
In previous communications (Adler and Theodor 1931, 1935) the following sandflies of themajor group were recorded from Greece:Phlebotomus major ,P. perniciosus var.tobbi, P. chinensis var.simici andP. perfiliewi (syn.P. macedonicus ).P. perfiliewi was at first suspected as the carrier of visceral leishmaniasis in Greece, for it was the only sandfly of themajor group known from this country up to 1931, the other species not having been found to occur in the peninsula and islands till 1932. A rapid survey carried out during August 1932 in Athens and the vicinity of Argos indicated that the distribution ofP. major in these parts corresponded closely to that of visceral leishmaniasis, and feeding experiments on infected dogs carried out in Catania and Sicily showed that this species is even more receptive forLeishmania infantum than isP. perniciosus (1932). It was thought advisable to make an intensive study of a single endemic focus in Greece in order to test the conclusions made on the basis of the preliminary survey and compare the role of the various local species of sandfly of themajor group as vectors of visceral leishmaniasis.