Detection of an UnknownTrypanosomaDNA in aPhlebotomus stantoni(Diptera: Psychodidae) Collected From Southern Thailand and Records of New Sand Flies With Reinstatement ofSergentomyia hivernusRaynal & Gaschen, 1935 (Diptera: Psychodidae)

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Although female sand flies are best known as the vectors of Leishmania parasites and viruses, several previous reports have demonstrated that these insects can also act as vectors for the trypanosomes of bats, lizards, and snakes. In this report, we created an inventory of Phlebotomine sand flies from southern Thailand. A novel trypanosome was found in a specimen of Phlebotomus stantoni, and two sand fly species...

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