Implication of Phlebotomus Sand Flies as Vectors of Bartonellosis and Leishmaniasis as Early as 1764

Implication of Phlebotomus Sand Flies as Vectors of Bartonellosis and Leishmaniasis as Early as 1764

A written account implicating Phlebotomus sand flies as vectors of Carrion's disease and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru was published by Cosme Bueno in 1764. Bueno's report precedes other publications implicating sand flies in the transmission of human pathogens by nearly a century and a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1975-10, Vol.190 (4210), p.154-155
Hauptverfasser: Herrer, Aristides, Christensen, Howard A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bartonella infections
Bartonella Infections - etiology
Bartonella Infections - history
Brain
Diptera - microbiology
Diptera - parasitology
Disease transmission
Disease vectors
Endemic diseases
Epidemiology
Free radicals
History of medicine
History, 19th Century
Hydrogen
Insect Vectors
Leishmaniasis
Leishmaniasis - etiology
Leishmaniasis - history
Peru
Phlebotomy
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Zusammenfassung:A written account implicating Phlebotomus sand flies as vectors of Carrion's disease and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Peru was published by Cosme Bueno in 1764. Bueno's report precedes other publications implicating sand flies in the transmission of human pathogens by nearly a century and a half.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.1101379