Molecular epidemiology for vector research on leishmaniasis

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 814-826

  Kato, Hirotomo ^a   Gomez, Eduardo A ^b   Cáceres, Abraham G ^c,d   Uezato, Hiroshi ^e   Mimori, Tatsuyuki ^f   Hashiguchi, Yoshihisa ^g  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MINISTERIO DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Ecuador)

^c Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos   (Peru)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Leishmania; Mass screening; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC DISEASE; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TAXONOMY; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; PARASITOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DISEASE VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 77950891280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7030814     Document Type: Review

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