Single and concomitant experimental infectionsby Endotrypanum spp. and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Neotropical sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Single and concomitant experimental infectionsby Endotrypanum spp. and Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the Neotropical sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Lutzomyia longipalpis females received single and mixed infections with Endotrypanum and Leishmania. Two biological parameters were analyzed: the percentage of infected females and the distribution of flagellates in the gut of the females. The principal comparisons were performed between (1) two str...

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Main Authors: André F Barbosa, Sandra MP Oliveira, Álvaro L Bertho, Antonia MR Franco, Elizabeth F Rangel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2006-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Endotrypanum
Leishmania (Viannia) spp.
Lutzomyia longipalpis
flow cytometric cloning
co-infection
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