Multiplex-PCR for detection of natural Leishmania infection in Lutzomyia spp. captured in an endemic region for cutaneous leishmaniasis in state of Sucre, Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-46

  Jorquera, Alicia ^a   González, Ricardo ^b   Marchán Marcano, Edgar ^c   Oviedo, Milagros ^d   Matos, Mercedes ^a  

^a Universidad de Oriente   (Spain)

^b Lab Vectores de Enferm Tropicales   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia spp.; Natural infections; Polymerase chain reaction; Sand flies vectors; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; VIANNIA;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 15244359287     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762005000100008     Document Type: Article

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