Ultrastructural comparison of external morphology of immature stages of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia and Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae), vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis, by scanning electron Microscopy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 903-914

  Bahia, Ana C ^a   Secundino, Nágila F C ^a   Miranda, José C ^a   Prates, Deboraci B ^a   Souza, Ana P A ^a   Fernandes, Fernando F ^b   Barral, Aldina ^a   Pimenta, Paulo F P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immature stages; Lutzomyi whitmani; Lutzomyi. Intermedia; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LARVA; OOCYTE; PSYCHODIDAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OVUM; PSYCHODIDAE;

DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA INTERMEDIA; LUTZOMYIA WHITMANI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 36748999047     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[903:UCOEMO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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