Enhanced sandfly attraction to Leishmania-infected hosts

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-118

  O'Shea, B ^a   Rebollar Tellez, E ^a   Ward, R D ^a   Hamilton, J G C ^a   El Naiem, D ^a   Polwart, A ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental infections; Hamsters; Host odour attraction; Leishmania infantum; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Sandflies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAMSTER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0036328811     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90273-7     Document Type: Article

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