Leishmania in sand flies: comparison of quantitative polymerase chain reaction with other techniques to determine the intensity of infection

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Myskova, Jitka ^a   Votypka, Jan ^a,b   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Parasite vector interaction; Phlebotomus; RT PCR; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARABICUS; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI;

EID: 38949184553     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2008)45[133:LISFCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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