[Leish-l] new: phlebotomine sandflies live in the digestive track of dogs!

[Jake Jacobson]

The English (?) translation

The sun lies down, it is the hour when the 
phlebotomus, small hairy insect with the large 
yellow eyes living in the intestine of the dog, 
pricks the man who passes and Leishmania infantum 
transmits to him incidentally. A viral disease 
difficult to treat, which results in a fever, a 
slimming, an inflation of spleen, and sometimes 
death. The leishmaniose, which can be mortal, 
makes a score of victims per annum in 
Metropolitan France, especially in the South, and not of vaccine.
Le soleil se couche, c'est l'heure où le 
phlébotome, petit insecte velu aux gros yeux 
jaunes vivant dans l'intestin du chien, pique 
l'homme qui passe et lui transmet incidemment 
Leishmania infantum. Une maladie virale difficile 
à traiter, qui se traduit par une fièvre, un 
amaigrissement, une inflation de la rate, et 
parfois la mort. La leishmaniose, qui peut être 
mortelle, fait une vingtaine de victimes par an 
en France métropolitaine, surtout dans le Sud, et pas de vaccin.


Dr.R.L.Jacobson MPH PhD
Department of Parasitology
The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
POB 12272, Jerusalem, 91120
Israel
Telephone 972-2-6758077/6757424
Fax          972-2-6757425
Mobile 054-4970731 
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