Experimental transmission of leishmania infantum by two major vectors: A comparison between a viscerotropic and a dermotropic strain

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Maia, Carla ^a,b   Seblova, Veronika ^a   Sadlova, Jovana ^a   Votypka, Jan ^a   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TROPISM; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 79959848831     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001181     Document Type: Article

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