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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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2017-08, Vol.12 (8), p.e0179052-e0179052
Hauptverfasser:	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
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis Animals Biology and Life Sciences Blood Brazil - epidemiology Circulation Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA Dogs Epidemiology Ethics Feeding Feeding Behavior Female Food sources Genetic polymorphisms Health aspects Housing Humans Hypotheses Infection Infections Insect Vectors Laboratory animals Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous - epidemiology Leishmaniasis, Visceral - epidemiology Light traps Medicine and Health Sciences Moon Parasitic diseases Pathogens Polymorphism Poultry housing Psychodidae - physiology Residential areas Rural environments Species Studies Tegumentary leishmaniasis Tropical diseases Vector-borne diseases Visceral leishmaniasis
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