Phlebotomus longipes

Phlebotomus longipes
the vector of Leishmania aethiopica in Ethiopia.

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  • Leishmania aethiopica — a species, of the subgenus Leishmania, causing Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis and diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis; animal reservoirs are rock and tree hyraxes in the highlands of Ethiopia and Kenya; the vector in Ethiopia is Phlebotomus… …   Medical dictionary

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  • Ethiopian cutaneous leishmaniasis — a form of Old World cutaneous leishmaniasis seen in the highlands of Kenya and Ethiopia, caused by Leishmania aethiopica; reservoirs are hyraxes of the genera Procavia and Heterohyrax, and the vectors are Phlebotomus pedifer and P. longipes.… …   Medical dictionary

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