MOLECULAR DETECTION OF Leishmania IN PHLEBOTOMINE SAND FLIES IN A CUTANEOUS AND VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS ENDEMIC AREA IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Several phlebotomine sand fly species have been regarded as putative or proven vectors of parasites of the genus Leishmania in Brazil, but data for the northeastern region remains incipient. In this study, a total of 600 phlebotomine sand flies were grouped in pools of 10 specimens each and tested b...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso Guimarães, Pietra Lemos Costa, Fernando José da Silva, Fábio Lopes de Melo, Filipe Dantas-Torres, Eduardo Henrique Gomes Rodrigues, Sinval Pinto Brandão Filho
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2014-07-01
Subjects:	Phlebotomine sand flies Leishmania Transmission
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652014000400357&lng=en&tlng=en