The life-cycle of Leishmania infantum MON-77 in the Priorat (Catalonia, Spain) involves humans, dogs and sandflies; also literature review of distribution and hosts of L. infantum zymodemes in the Old World

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 269-271

  Gallego M ^a   Pratlong, F ^b   Fisa, R ^a   Riera, C ^a   Rioux, J A ^c   Dedet, J P ^b   Portus M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Hosts; Leishmania infantum; Literature review; MON 77; Spain; Vectors; Visceral leishmaniasis; Zymodemes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; SPAIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SPAIN;

EID: 0035346364     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90231-7     Document Type: Article

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