Experimental transmission of leishmania infantum by two major vectors

We quantified Leishmania infantum parasites transmitted by natural vectors for the first time. Both L. infantum strains studied, dermotropic CUK3 and viscerotropic IMT373, developed well in Phlebotomus perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis. They produced heavy late-stage infection and colonized the...

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Main Author: Maia, Carla (author)
Other Authors: Seblova, Veronika (author), Sadlova, Jovana (author), Votypka, Jan (author), Volf, Petr (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/117138
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/117138