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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">There is no mention of leishmaniasis in
Antigua in the comprehensive review by Arias <EM>et al.</EM> (1996)
[Epidemiologia y control de la leishmaniasis en las Américas, por pais o
territorio.<EM>OPS, Cuaderno Técnico 44</EM>]. (Google this to see it on line.)
Furthermore, there are no records of phlebotomine sand flies on Antigua in the
most up-to-date book on American phlebotomines [Young & Duncan, 1994.] But
this does not mean there is no leishmaniasis on Antigua. Probably nobody has
looked for sand flies there, and <EM>L. mexicana</EM> might be on the island in
forest rodents with no human cases yet recorded - as in Trinidad. Confirmation
of the identity of the parasite seems necessary - preferably by isoenzymes(?)
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Bob
Killick-Kendrick</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>