Naturally infected Lutzomyia sand flies in a Leishmania-endemic area of Brazil

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-414

  Carvalho, Gustavo M L ^a   Filho, José D Andrade ^a   Falcão, Alda L ^a   Rocha Lima, Ana C V M ^a   Gontijo, Célia M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia; Natural infection; Phlebotominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SAMPLING; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

HEXAPODA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; VIANNIA;

EID: 45549096853     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2007.0180     Document Type: Article

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