Natural infection of cortelezzii complex (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) with Leishmania braziliensis in Chaco, Argentina

Acta Tropica

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 128-131

  Rosa, Juan ^a   Pereira, Daniela Pita ^b   Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha ^b   Filho, José Dilermando Andrade ^b   Salomón, Oscar ^c   Szelag, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Nacional de Medicina Tropical   (Argentina)

Author keywords

ACL vector; Dot blot analysis; Dry Chaco; Hybridization; Multiplex PCR assay

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; INFECTIVITY; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTELEZZII COMPLEX; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVANDROMYIA CORTELEZZII; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCROPIGOMYIA PERESI; MYCROPYGOMY QUINQUEFER; MYGONEMYIA MIGONEI; NONHUMAN; NYSSOMYIA NEIVAI; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; PINTOMYIA TORRESI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSYCHODIDAE;

ARGENTINA; CHACO [ARGENTINA];

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PINTOMYIA; PSYCHODIDAE; VIANNIA;

EID: 84861346085     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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