Short report: Natural infection of Lutzomyia tortura with Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi in an amazonian area of Ecuador

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 438-440

  Kato, Hirotomo ^a   Gomez, Eduardo A ^b   Yamamoto, Yu Ichi ^c   Calvopiña, Manuel ^d   Guevara, Angel G ^d   Marco, Jorge D ^e   Barroso, Paola A ^e   Iwata, Hiroyuki ^a   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^e  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministerio de Salud Publica   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; GENOMIC DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECUADOR; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; LEISHMANIASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

LEISHMANIA NAIFFI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ECUADOR; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; PHYLOGENY; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 51949097528     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.438     Document Type: Article

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