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The PEARL toolkit: Using sand flies to identify leishmaniasis animal reservoirs

2026-06-29

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In many leishmaniasis foci, reservoirs that maintain infection remain unknown. Here, we developed a field-applicable toolkit based on the analysis of individual blood fed sand flies (IBF) to identify reservoirs. Sand flies were given a Leishmania donovani -infected first blood meal (iBM1) by feeding artificially on a membrane or naturally on a clinically ill animal followed by two subsequent uninfected blood meal...

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DOI: 10.64898/2026.06.27.734966

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