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Sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae), vectors of Leishmania protozoa, at an Atlantic Forest Conservation Unit in the municipality of Nísia Floresta, Rio Grande do Norte state, Brazil

BACKGROUND: Sand flies are insect vectors of protozoa from the genus Leishmania, causative parasites of visceral and American tegumentary leishmaniases. The present study discusses the bioecological aspects of sand fly species, transmitters of Leishmania protozoa, in different ecotopes of an Atlanti...

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Autores principales: Pinheiro, Marcos Paulo Gomes, Silva, Marcel Miranda de Medeiros, Júnior, João Batista Silva, da Silva, José Hilário Tavares, Alves, Maria de Lima, Ximenes, Maria de Fátima Freire de Melo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4750182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26864023
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1352-5