Detection of natural infection in Lutzomyia cruzi and Lutzomyia forattinii (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) by Leishmania infantum chagasi in an endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil using a PCR multiplex assay

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-69

  de Pita Pereira, Daniela ^a   Cardoso, Maria Angelica Batista ^a   Alves, Carlos Roberto ^a   Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha ^a   Britto, Constança ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Leishmania infantum chagasi; Lutzomyia cruzi; Lutzomyia forattinii; Natural infection; PCR multiplex; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; FLY; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; LEISHMANIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLY; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTION; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

BRAZIL; CORUMBA; MATO GROSSO DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA CRUZI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 44649089309     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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