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Vector of Leishmaniasis is ?

Housefly or phlebotomus(sandfly)

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Dear student,
vector is phlebotomus sandfly.
The causative agent of leishmaniasis is transmitted from man to man by a tiny insect called sandfly. Approximately, 600 species of sandflies are known but only 10% of these act as disease vectors.

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