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The paratransgenic sand fly: A platform for control of Leishmania transmission

BACKGROUND: Leishmania donovani is transmitted by the bite of the sand fly, Phlebotomus argentipes. This parasite is the agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), an endemic disease in Bihar, India, where prevention has relied mainly on DDT spraying. Pesticide resistance in sand fly populations, environ...

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Autores principales: Hurwitz, Ivy, Hillesland, Heidi, Fieck, Annabeth, Das, Pradeep, Durvasula, Ravi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3121692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21595907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-82