Effect of a Second Bloodmeal on the Oesophagus Colonization by Leishmania mexicana Complex in Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 281-283

  Vivenes, Alejandra ^b   Oviedo, Milagros ^b   Márquez, Julio César ^b   Montoya Lerma, James ^a,c  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b Ctro de Invest J W Torrealba   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia evansi; Parasite development; Refeeding; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAMSTER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SYRIAN HAMSTER; TIME;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MESOCRICETUS; PSYCHODIDAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035318393     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000300001     Document Type: Article

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