Cargando…

Quantification of Leishmania infantum DNA in females, eggs and larvae of Rhipicephalus sanguineus

BACKGROUND: Leishmania infantum is a widespread parasite that affects dogs and humans worldwide. It is transmitted primarily by phlebotomine sand flies, but recently there has been much discussion on the role of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, as a potential vector for this protozoan....

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Otranto, Domenico
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3094396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21489252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-56