Investigation of natural infection by Leishmania in sandflies of Paraná State, Southern Brazil

Investigation of natural infection by Leishmania in sandflies of Paraná State, Southern Brazil

The purpose of this work was to verify the occurrence of Leishmania in naturally infected sandflies. The insects were collected with Falcão, Shannon and HP light-traps, in Doutor Camargo and Maringá municipalities between November 2004 and October 2005. Of the 11,033 sandflies collected in Doutor Ca...

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Main Authors: Regiane Bertin de Lima Scodro, Kárin Rosi Reinhold-Castro, Alessandra de Cassia Dias-Sversutti, Herintha Coeto Neitzke-Abreu, Norberto de Assis Membrive, João Balduíno Kühl, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Ueslei Teodoro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2008-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
Subjects:
Cutaneous leishmaniasis
sandflies
dissection
polymerase chain reaction
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000300007

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