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Volume 26, Number 6—June 2020
Dispatch

Leishmania infantum in Tigers and Sand Flies from a Leishmaniasis-Endemic Area, Southern Italy

Roberta Iatta, Andrea Zatelli, Pietro Laricchiuta, Matteo Legrottaglie, David Modry, Filipe Dantas-Torres, and Domenico OtrantoComments to Author 
Author affiliations: University of Bari, Bari, Italy (R. Iatta, A. Zatelli, F. Dantas-Torres, D. Modry, D. Otranto); Zoo Safari di Fasano, Brindisi, Italy (P. Laricchiuta, M. Legrottaglie); University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic (D. Modry); Czech Academy of Sciences, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic (D. Modry); Masaryk University, Brno (D. Modry); Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Recife, Brazil (F. Dantas-Torres); Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran (D. Otranto).

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Table 2

Number of phlebotomine sand fly species by sex, positivity for Leishmania infantum by quantitative PCR, and blood meal on tigers, southern Italy*

Sand fly species Sex
 Total No. (%) positive for L. infantum Blood meal source
F M No. positive No. positive/engorged
Phlebotomus perniciosus 151 340 491 8/151 (5.3) 63/151 48/63
Sergentomyia minuta 35 34 69 1/35 (2.9) 2/35 –
Phlebotomus neglectus 4 16 20 – 3/4 –
Total
 190
 390
 580
 –
 68/190
 48/63
*–, no result.

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