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dc.contributor.authorGonzalez, Estela 
dc.contributor.authorMolina, Ricardo 
dc.contributor.authorIriso, Andrés
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorAldea, Irene
dc.contributor.authorTello, Ana
dc.contributor.authorFernández, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorJiménez, Maribel 
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-06T10:18:49Z
dc.date.available2021-04-06T10:18:49Z
dc.date.issued2021-03
dc.identifier.citationPLoS Negl Trop Dis . 2021 Mar 15;15(3):e0009240.es_ES
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/12518
dc.description.abstractAn outbreak of human leishmaniasis due to Leishmania infantum has been registered in an urban area of southwestern Madrid, Spain, since 2010. Entomological surveys carried out in the municipalities of Fuenlabrada, Leganés, Getafe and Humanes de Madrid showed that Phlebotomus perniciosus is the only potential vector. In this work, an intensive molecular surveillance was performed in P. perniciosus females captured in the region between 2012 and 2018. A total of 1805 P. perniciosus females were analyzed for Leishmania infection, and 1189 of them also for bloodmeal identification. Eleven different species of vertebrate were detected by amplification and subsequent sequencing of the 359 bp cytb fragment. The most prevalent blood source identified was hare (n = 553, 46.51%), followed by rabbit (n = 262, 21.95%). Less frequent were cat (n = 45, 3.80%), human (n = 34, 2.90%), pig (n = 14, 1.20%), horse (n = 11, 0.93%), sheep (n = 3, 0.25%), rhea (n = 3, 0.25%), partridge (n = 1, 0.09%) and chicken (n = 1, 0.09%). The distribution of the blood meal sources varied between the different locations. Regarding L. infantum detection, PCR amplification of a fragment of kDNA, cpb gene and ITS1 region showed 162 positive specimens (8.97%). The highest infection rate was found in the municipality of Leganés (15.17%). The results of this molecular survey in P. perniciosus, the only leishmaniasis vector in the outbreak occurred in southwestern Madrid region, showed its opportunistic blood-feeding behaviour, high infection rates and the differences between the different points. This study was an essential part of the intensive surveillance plan in the area and the results obtained have supported the implementation of control measures in the outbreak.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipEG and DF were supported by the Directorate-General for Public Health of the Community of Madrid, grant No: A/SER-006165/2017.(http://www.madrid.org/contratospublicos). The funders had no role i/n study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science (PLOS) es_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.titleOpportunistic feeding behaviour and Leishmania infantum detection in Phlebotomus perniciosus females collected in the human leishmaniasis focus of Madrid, Spain (2012-2018).es_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.identifier.pubmedID33720936es_ES
dc.format.volume15es_ES
dc.format.number3es_ES
dc.format.pagee0009240es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pntd.0009240es_ES
dc.contributor.funderComunidad de Madrid (España) 
dc.description.peerreviewedes_ES
dc.identifier.e-issn1935-2735es_ES
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009240es_ES
dc.identifier.journalPLoS neglected tropical diseaseses_ES
dc.repisalud.centroISCIII::Centro Nacional de Microbiologíaes_ES
dc.repisalud.institucionISCIIIes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES


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