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Oct 2026
First record of Phlebotomus sergenti (Diptera: Psychodidae) in China and its potential epidemiological implications.
BACKGROUND Leishmaniasis is a severe parasitic disease transmitted by sand fly bites. Phlebotomus sergenti is a principal vector of Leishmania tropica, causing anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) across the Mediterranean, North Africa, South Asia, and West Asia. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, located in...
Hao-Wei Dong, An-Jie Yang, Wenqi Shan et al.
· PLoS Neglected Tropical Dise... · 0 citations