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Transmission of Indian kala-azar to man by the bites of Phlebotomus argentipes, Ann. and Brun.

Publication Details

Indian J. med. Res., 30, 473-77. 1942 CE.

Successful transmission of kala-azar to man by the bite of Phlebotomus argentipes reported, showing it to be the vector of Leishmania. With H. E. Shortt and L. A. P. Anderson.

Facet Tags

Asia & Pacific
Plagues & Epidemics

Subjects

EPIDEMIOLOGY INDIA, Practice of Medicine in INFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Sandfly-Borne Diseases › Leishmaniasis

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