Pool screen PCR for estimating the prevalence of Leishmania infantum infection in sandflies (Diptera: Nematocera, Phlebotomidae)

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 527-532

  Martin Sanchez J ^a   Gallego M ^b   Baron S ^a   Castillejo, S ^b   Morillas Marquez, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Leishmania infantum; PCR ELISA; Prevalence; Sandflies; Spain; Vector infection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SCREENING TEST; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SPAIN;

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; NEMATOCERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 33645855591     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.08.005     Document Type: Article

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