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Volume 25, Number 2—February 2019
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Identification of Leishmania Species in Naturally Infected Sand Flies from Refugee Camps, Greece

Emmanouil A. Fotakis, Ioannis A. Giantsis, Aimilia Avgerinou, Sofoklis Kourtidis, Evangelia Agathaggelidou, Christina Kapoula, Glykeria Dadakou, John Vontas, and Alexandra ChaskopoulouComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece (E.A. Fotakis, J. Vontas); Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Greece (E.A. Fotakis, J. Vontas); US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service—European Biological Control Laboratory, Thessaloniki, Greece (I.A. Giantsis, A. Avgerinou, A. Chaskopoulou); General Directorate of Public Health and Social Welfare, Region of Central Macedonia, Thessaloniki (S. Kourtidis, E. Agathaggelidou, C. Kapoula, G. Dadakou)

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Table 2

Leishmania detection and species identification in individual sand flies in refugee camps, Greece

Refugee camp Sand fly species No.* Leishmania infection
L. donovani† L. tropica‡ Total§ Infection rate, %¶
Lagadikia P. tobbi 45 14 7 21 43
P. perfiliewi 9 3 1 4
P. simici 6 0 1 1
Diavata P. tobbi 15 1 2 3 52
P. perfiliewi 45 21 9 30
P. simici 7 1 1 2

*Total number of specimens tested per sand fly species per camp.
†Total number of sand flies infected with L. donovani per sand fly species, per camp.
‡Total number of sand flies infected with L. tropica per sand fly species, per camp.
§Total number of sand flies infected with L. donovani or L. tropica per sand fly species, per camp.
¶Total Leishmania infection rate per refugee camp.

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