Leishmania infection and blood food sources of phlebotomines in an area of Brazil endemic for visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis

The aims of the study were to determine the blood feeding preferences of sandflies and to identify species of Leishmania that infected phlebotomines in Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil, an area that is highly endemic for leishmaniasis. Sandflies were captured in light traps located in the peridomiciliary en...

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Autores principales: Guimarães-e-Silva, Antônia Suely, Silva, Soraia de Oliveira, Ribeiro da Silva, Rosa Cristina, Pinheiro, Valéria Cristina Soares, Rebêlo, José Manuel Macário, Melo, Maria Norma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28837565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179052

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570267/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28837565
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179052

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