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Attraction of Lutzomyia longipalpis to synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone: Effect of release rate and proximity of adjacent pheromone sources

In South America, the Protist parasite that causes visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially fatal human disease, is transmitted by blood-feeding female Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies. A synthetic copy of the male produced sex-aggregation pheromone offers new opportunities for vector control applicati...

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Autores principales: Bell, Melissa J., Sedda, Luigi, Gonzalez, Mikel A., de Souza, Cristian F., Dilger, Erin, Brazil, Reginaldo P., Courtenay, Orin, Hamilton, James G. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6300254/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30566503
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007007