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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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Autores principales: Diaz-Albiter, Hector, Mitford, Roanna, Genta, Fernando A., Sant'Anna, Mauricio R. V., Dillon, Rod J.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3052318/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21408075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017486