Reactive oxygen species scavenging by catalase is important for female Lutzomyia longipalpis fecundity and mortality.

The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the most important vector of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL), the disseminated and most serious form of the disease in Central and South America. In the natural environment, most female L. longipalpis are thought to survive for less than 10 da...

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Main Authors: Hector Diaz-Albiter, Roanna Mitford, Fernando A Genta, Mauricio R V Sant'Anna, Rod J Dillon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-03-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21408075/?tool=EBI