Sand flies and Leishmania: specific versus permissive vectors

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 91-92

  Volf, Petr ^a   Myskova, Jitka ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LETTER; MICROVILLUS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 33847013620     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.12.010     Document Type: Letter

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