Specification of blood meals ingested by female sand flies caught in Palestinian foci and identification of their concomitant leishmanial infections.
Since leishmaniases are zoonotic vector-borne diseases transmitted through the bites of infected female sand flies, identification of the sources of imbibed blood meals and the detection and identification of leishmanial DNA in them are important in discerning animal reservoirs, clarifying the epide...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008748 |