Transmission of Enigmatic Mundinia Parasites
Received Date: Jun 06, 2022 / Published Date: Jul 07, 2022
Abstract
Mundinia, the recently established Leishmania subgenus, includes five species, three of which are pathogenic to humans. Although Mundinia represents the oldest branch of the genus Leishmania, most species have escaped the attention of scientists and have only been discovered in the last 20 years. Their transmission ecology is enigmatic, with unknown identity of reservoir hosts and insect vectors. This mini-review summarizes the history of Mundinia discovery and the current knowledge about the reservoirs and vectors with emphasis on the role of biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in their transmission.
Keywords: Mundinia; L. macropodum; L. enriettii; L. orientalis; L. martiniquensis; Culicoides sonorensis
Citation: Sadlova J, Becvar T, Volf P (2022) Transmission of Enigmatic <em>Mundinia</em> Parasites. J Infect Dis Ther 10: 507. Doi: 10.4172/2332-0877.1000507
Copyright: © 2022 Sadlova J, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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