Prevalence of sand flies and Leishmania donovani infection in a natural population of female Phlebotomus argentipes in Bihar state, India

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 467-472

  Tiwary, Puja ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Singh, Rudra Pratap ^a   Rai, Madhukar ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Gene; Leishmania donovani; PCR; Phlebotomus argentipes; Sand fly; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84862164897     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0808     Document Type: Article

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