Molecular detection of Leishmania infantum DNA and host blood meal identification in Phlebotomus in a hypoendemic focus of human leishmaniasis in northern Algeria

BACKGROUND: Leishmania parasites are transmitted by female phlebotomine sand flies that maintain the enzootic cycle by circulating between sylvatic and domestic mammals. Humans are part of this cycle as accidental hosts due to the vector’s search for a source of blood. In Algeria, Human Leishmaniase...

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Autores principales: Bennai, Kahina, Tahir, Djamel, Lafri, Ismail, Bendjaballah-Laliam, Amina, Bitam, Idir, Parola, Philippe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006513

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6042794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958283
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006513

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