The Potential Use of Forensic DNA Methods Applied to Sand Fly Blood Meal Analysis to Identify the Infection Reservoirs of Anthroponotic Visceral Leishmaniasis

BACKGROUND: In the Indian sub-continent, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala azar, is a fatal form of leishmaniasis caused by the kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. VL is prevalent in northeast India where it is believed to...

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Autores principales: Inbar, Ehud, Lawyer, Philip, Sacks, David, Podini, Daniele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004706

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4871566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27192489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0004706

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