Sand fly-Leishmania interactions: Long relationships are not necessarily easy

Open Parasitology Journal

Volumn 4, Issue SPEC. ISS.1, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Ramalho Ortigao, Marcelo ^a   Saraiva, Elvira M ^b   Traub Csekö, Yara M ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co evolution; Genetic manipulation; Leishmania; Lutzomyia; Parasite transmission; Phlebotomus; Sand fly; Vector parasite interaction

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; LEISHMANIA VACCINE; LEISHMUNE; MANNOSE; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COEVOLUTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOST; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; VECTOR PARASITE INTERACTION; VERTEBRATE;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856707229     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18744214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874421401004010195     Document Type: Review

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