Experimental transmission of Leishmania tropica to hyraxes (Procavia capensis) by the bite of Phlebotomus arabicus

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1691-1694

  Svobodová, Milena ^a   Volf, Petr ^a   Votýpka, Jan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic reservoir host; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Sand fly; Vector competence; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BITE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING; HYRAX; INFECTION; INOCULATION; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS ARABICUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HYRAXES; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARABICUS; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 33746411868     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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