Isolation and molecular identification of Leishmania ( Viannia ) peruviana from naturally infected Lutzomyia peruensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Peruvian Andes

Isolation and molecular identification of Leishmania ( Viannia ) peruviana from naturally infected Lutzomyia peruensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Peruvian Andes

Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana was isolated from 1/75 Lutzomyia peruensis captured during May 2006 in an endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis region of the Peruvian Andes (Chaute, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru). Sand fly gut with promastigotes was inoculated into a hamster and the remaining body was fixed in et...

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Main Authors: J Enrique Perez, Nicolas Veland, Diego Espinosa, Katherine Torres, Elena Ogusuku, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Dionicia Gamboa, Jorge Arévalo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2007-08-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Leishmania peruviana
Lutzomyia peruensis
polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism
Peru
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