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IT has recently been suggested that a new sandfly of termitaries, provisionally designated Phlebotomus (Sergentomyia) sp. nov. 2, may be the vector of an outbreak of kala-azar in Kenya Colony which has involved more than three thousand Africans1. Not only does the sandfly bite man, but also it is widely distributed throughout the epidemic area, and a small proportion are naturally infected with leptomonads in the anterior part of the mid-gut.
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HEISCH, R. The Vector of an Outbreak of Kala-Azar in Kenya. Nature 175, 433 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175433a0
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