The finding of Lutzomyia almerioi and Lutzomyia longipalpis naturally infected by Leishmania spp. in a cutaneous and canine visceral leishmaniases focus in Serra da Bodoquena, Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 18-24

  Savani, Elisa San Martin Mouriz ^a   Nunes, Vânia Lúcia Brandão ^b   Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi ^c   Castilho, Tiago Moreno ^c   Zampieri, Ricardo Andrade ^c   Floeter Winter, Lucile Maria ^c  

^a CENTRO DE CONTROLE DE ZOONOSES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ANHANGUERA UNIDERP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Natural infection; PCR; Permissive vectors; Phlebotominae; Vectors

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLATE INFECTION; LEISHMANIA; LEISMANIA INFANTUM CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA ALMERIOI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; NONHUMAN; NYSSOMYIA WHITMANI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

HEXAPODA; KATSUWONUS PELAMIS; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA SP.; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NYSSOMYIA WHITMANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; VIANNIA;

EID: 59749090418     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.10.090     Document Type: Article

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