Feeding behavior and activity of Phlebotomus pedifer and potential reservoir hosts of Leishmania aethiopica in southwestern Ethiopia.
M. Pareyn, A. Kochora, L. Van Rooy, N. Eligo, B. Vanden Broecke, N. Girma, B. Merdekios, T. Wegayehu, L. Maes, G. Caljon, B. Lindtjorn, H. Leirs, F. Massebo
This study investigates the feeding behavior and activity of Phlebotomus pedifer sand flies and their role in Leishmania aethiopica transmission in Ethiopia, finding humans are the main blood source and livestock likely do not contribute to transmission.
bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2019Ecology