Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis, United States and Canada, 2000–2003

Foxhounds infected with Leishmania spp. were found in 18 states and 2 Canadian provinces

Bacterial clones of sand fly gut flora grown in BHI agar plate showing more than 100 colonies from a single <i>P. papatasi</i> female gut.

<p>Bacterial clones of sand fly gut flora grown in BHI agar plate showing more than 100 colonies from a single <i>P. papatasi</i> female gut.</p

Description of <i>P.papatasi</i> samples collected and screened for gut flora.

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Bayesian 16S tree of gut flora of adult <i>P. papatasi</i> females.

<p>Posterior probabilities are given along internodes. The scale bar denotes substitutions per nucleotide for the branch lengths. Species that have been implicated in inducing oviposition behavior are highlighted in red.</p

Distribution of <i>P. papatasi</i> gut bacteria among other hosts.

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Distribution of gut flora of adult <i>P. papatasi</i> females.

<p>Distribution of gut flora of adult <i>P. papatasi</i> females.</p