Lutzomyia (Pintomyia) fischeri (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), a probable vector of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: Detection of natural infection by Leishmania (Viannia) DNA in specimens from the municipality of Porto Alegre (RS), Brazil, using multiplex PCR assay

Acta Tropica

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-275

  Pita Pereira, Daniela de ^a   Souza, Getúlio D ^b,c   Pereira, Thaís de Araújo ^a   Zwetsch, Adriana ^a   Britto, Constança ^a   Rangel, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Seção de Reservatórios e Vetores Instituto de Pesquisas Biológicas   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Vigilância em Saúde da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Porto Alegre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Viannia); Lutzomyia (P.) fischeri; Natural infection; PCR multiplex; Porto Alegre, Brazil

Indexed keywords

DNA; LEISHMANIA DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; FLY; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PERIURBAN AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA FISCHERI; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN AREA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE;

BRAZIL; PORTO ALEGRE; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PINTOMYIA; PSYCHODIDAE; VIANNIA;

EID: 80054858496     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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