Preliminary description of a new entomoparasitic nematode infecting Lutzomyia longipalpis sand fly, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the new world

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 35-40

  Secundino, Nágila F C ^a   Araújo, Márcio S S ^a   Oliveira, Gustavo H B ^a   Massara, Cristiano L ^a   Carvalho, Omar S ^a   Lanfredi, Reinalda M ^b   Pimenta, Paulo F P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Entomoparasite; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Nematode; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEMATODE; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEMATODA; OVUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

ACARI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; NEMATODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036395292     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2011(02)00046-0     Document Type: Article

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