Infection parameters in the sand fly vector that predict transmission of Leishmania major

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Stamper, Lisa W ^a   Patrick, Rachel L ^a   Fay, Michael P ^a   Lawyer, Phillip G ^a   Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^a,b   Secundino, Nagila ^a   Debrabant, Alain ^c   Sacks, David L ^a   Peters, Nathan C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; FLY; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MIDGUT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROMASTIGOTE; SAND FLY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 80052398576     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001288     Document Type: Article

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