Colonization of Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia longipalpis Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Bartonella bacilliformis, the Etiologic Agent of Carrión’s Disease

Bartonella bacilliformis is a pathogenic bacterium transmitted to humans presumably by bites of phlebotomine sand flies, infection with which results in a bi-phasic syndrome termed Carrión’s disease. After constructing a low-passage GFP-labeled strain of B. bacilliformis, we artificially infected Lu...

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Autores principales: Battisti, James M., Lawyer, Phillip G., Minnick, Michael F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004128

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4593541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26436553
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004128

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