Chicken eggs as a surveillance tool for malaria and leishmaniasis vector presence

Chicken eggs as a surveillance tool for malaria and leishmaniasis vector presence

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Malaria and leishmaniases are transmitted by vectors during blood-feeding. Vector-infected animals develop antibodies against the vector’s saliva. This study evaluated IgY antibody detection in the chicken eggs exposed to bites from Migonemyia migonei, Lutzomyia longipalpis...

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Main Authors: Rarissa de Oliveira e Silva, Maria Edilene Martins de Almeida, Eric Fabrício Marialva, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, Diogo Pereira de Castro, Cláudia Maria Rios-Velasquez, Luis André Morais Mariúba, Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-05-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Migonemyia migonei
Anopheles aquasalis
Sentinel surveillance
Chicken
Salivary proteins
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