Leishmania in Kenyan Phlebotomine Sandflies—V. Leishmania aethiopica in the Oesophagus of Phlebotomus pedifer

Ultrastructural studies were carried out on biochemically confirmed Leishmania aethiopica in the oesophagus of naturally-infected, wild-caught sandflies, Phlebotomus pedifer. The parasites with an infection rate of 2,8% were either free in the lumen or attached to the cuticular lining by hemidesmosomes. Previously undescribed pseudopodia-like projections which seemed to enhance the anchorage of L. aethiopica in the oesophagus were observed.