Frequency of infection of Lutzomyia phlebotomines with Leishmania braziliensis in a Brazilian endemic area as assessed by pinpoint capture and polymerase chain reaction

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 185-188

  Miranda, José Carlos ^a   Reis, Eliana ^a   Schriefer, Albert ^a   Gonçalves, Marilda ^a   Reis, Mitermayer Galvão ^a   Carvalho, Lucas ^a   Fernandes, Octavio ^a   Barral Netto, Manoel ^b   Barral, Aldina ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; kDNA PCR; Leishmania braziliensis; Lutzomyia spp; Phlebotomines

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 2342575826     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000200006     Document Type: Article

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