| [observation on the infectivity of leishmania donovani from different areas to phlebotomus alexandri from xinjiang]. | hamsters or cotton rats were infected with 3 stocks of l. donovani, one of which had been isolated from an infected ph. major wui in xinjiang desert area and 2 from kala azar patients in a mountain area of gansu and in a plain area of henan respectively. the purpose of the study was to compare the infectivity of the parasites from different geographic areas through artificial infection of ph. alexandri. sandflies were dissected in 4, 6, 8 and 10 days after feeding on the infected animals to obse ... | 1990 | 2208620 |