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From: Natural transmission of Leishmania infantum through experimentally infected Phlebotomus perniciosus highlights the virulence of Leishmania parasites circulating in the human visceral leishmaniasis outbreak in Madrid, Spain

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Xenodiagnostic follow-up of hamsters infected with outbreak isolates. Infectivity of infected hamsters was assessed by xenodiagnosis. Animals infected with JPCM5 were not infective for sand flies. Only xenodiagnosis of animals infected with outbreak isolates yielded positive results at 2, 4 and 6 months after IP inoculation or sand fly bite transmission. Bars represent the standard deviation.

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