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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...
Autores principales: | Inbar, Ehud, Lawyer, Philip, Sacks, David, Podini, Daniele |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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