Application of molecular techniques in the study of natural infection of Leishmania infantum vectors and utility of sandfly blood meal digestion for epidemiological surveys of leishmaniasis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 515-523

  Alcover, M Magdalena ^a,b   Gramiccia, Marina ^c   Di Muccio, Trentina ^c   Ballart, Cristina ^a,b   Castillejo, Soledad ^a,b   Picado, Albert ^d   Portús, Montserrat ^a   Gállego, Montserrat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; INFECTION RISK; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE VECTOR; PATHOGENESIS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PSYCHODIDAE; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SPAIN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84866015692     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-2863-4     Document Type: Article

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