Leishmania (Viannia) utingensis n. sp., a parasite from the sandfly Lutzomyia (Viannamyia) tuberculata in Amazonian Brazil

Parasite

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-118

  Braga, R R ^a   Lainson, R ^a   Ishikawa, E A Y ^a   Shaw, J J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leishmania (Viannia) utingensis n. sp.; Lutzomyia tuberculata; Sandflies

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MICROBIAL ENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA UTINGENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA TUBERCULATA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HAMSTER; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SKIN;

ANIMALIA; LUTZOMYIA TUBERCULATA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; VIANNIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRAZIL; CRICETINAE; EXONS; INSECT VECTORS; ISOENZYMES; LEISHMANIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN;

EID: 0242271971     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2003102111     Document Type: Article

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