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DNA barcode for the identification of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis plant feeding preferences in a tropical urban environment

Little is known about the feeding behavior of hematophagous insects that require plant sugar to complete their life cycles. We studied plant feeding of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies, known vectors of Leishmania infantum/chagasi parasites, in a Brazilian city endemic with visceral leishmaniasis. T...

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Autores principales: Lima, Leonardo H. G. de M., Mesquita, Marcelo R., Skrip, Laura, de Souza Freitas, Moisés T., Silva, Vladimir C., Kirstein, Oscar D., Abassi, Ibrahim, Warburg, Alon, Balbino, Valdir de Q., Costa, Carlos H. N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4951712/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27435430
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29742