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Transmission blocking sugar baits for the control of Leishmania development inside sand flies using environmentally friendly beta-glycosides and their aglycones

BACKGROUND: The sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis is the main vector of American visceral leishmaniasis, a disease caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania. Adults of this insect feed on blood (females only) or sugar from plant sources, but their digestion of carbohydrates is poorly studied. Beta-gl...

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Autores principales: Ferreira, Tainá Neves, Pita-Pereira, Daniela, Costa, Samara Graciane, Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha, Moraes, Caroline Silva, Díaz-Albiter, Hector Manuel, Genta, Fernando Ariel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6271627/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30501613
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3122-z