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Investigation of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Females of Lutzomyia Sand Fly Species from South America

Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania that are acquired by the female sand fly during blood feeding on an infected mammal. Leishmania parasites develop exclusively in the gut lumen during their residence in the insect before transmission to a suitable host during the next blood feed. Fem...

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Autores principales: Sant’Anna, Mauricio R. V., Darby, Alistair C., Brazil, Reginaldo P., Montoya-Lerma, James, Dillon, Viv M., Bates, Paul A., Dillon, Rod J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3411800/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22880020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042531