Natural infection of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis in an area of ecotourism in Central-Western Brazil

AbstractBackground Bonito municipality, known as an area of ecoturism, in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil, is also a focus of visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases, with cases registered in both human and canine populations. This study sought to investigate natural infection by flagellate forms of L...

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Main Authors: Andreia Fernandes Brilhante, Vânia Lúcia Brandão Nunes, Kleber Augusto Kohatsu, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati, Maria Elizabeth Ghizzi Rocca, Edna Aoba Yassui Ishikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciELO 2015-11-01
Series:Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100502&lng=en&tlng=en