Short report: First report of lutzomyia (nyssomyia) neivai (diptera: psychodidae: phlebotominae) naturally infected by leishmania (viannia) braziliensis in a periurban area of south brazil using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-595

  Pita Pereira, Daniela ^a   Souza, Getúlio D ^b,c   Zwetsch, Adriana ^a   Alves, Carlos Roberto ^a   Britto, Constança ^a   Rangel, Elizabeth E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Central de Publica do Rio Grande do Sul   (Brazil)

^c Vigilancia de Roedores e Vetores da Secretaria Municipal de Saude CGVS SMS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEFORESTATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 65349086102     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.593     Document Type: Article

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