The Potential Use of Forensic DNA Methods Applied to Sand Fly Blood Meal Analysis to Identify the Infection Reservoirs of Anthroponotic Visceral Leishmaniasis.

<h4>Background</h4>In the Indian sub-continent, visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as kala azar, is a fatal form of leishmaniasis caused by the kinetoplastid parasite Leishmania donovani and transmitted by the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. VL is prevalent in northeast India where...

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Главные авторы: Ehud Inbar, Philip Lawyer, David Sacks, Daniele Podini
Формат: Статья
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-05-01
Серии:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online-ссылка:https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0004706&type=printable