Lutzomyia nuneztovari anglesi (Diptera: Psychodidae) as a probable vector of Leishmania braziliensis in the Yungas, Bolivia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 311-316

  Torrez, M ^a   Lopez, M ^b   Le Pont, F ^c   Martinez, E ^a   Munoz M ^a   Hervas, D ^a   Yaksic, N ^a   Arevalo, J ^b   Sossa, D ^d   Dedet, J P ^e   Dujardin, J P ^f  

^a Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^c Institut de recherche pour le developpement Bolivia   (Bolivia)

^d Paz Prog Contr Vectores Calle C   (Bolivia)

^e UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BOLIVIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LUTZOMYIA NUNEZ-TOVARI ANGLESI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0031764010     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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