Leishmaniasis has been of concern to U.S. military personnel in the 20th century and has re-emerged in importance because of recent deployments to the Middle East. Although leishmaniasis is not considered a disease of strategic military signiÞcance, it may pose a significant threat to mission objectives. In this PHASE I project, we propose to develop of a simple, inexpensive, field usable, no cold-chain, assay using species-specific antibodies for the rapid screening and characterization of Leishmania in sandflies.
Keywords: Leishmania, L. Major, L.Infantum, Rapid, Assay
