Sand flies of Nicaragua: a checklist and reports of new collections

Sand flies within the genus Lutzomyia serve as the vectors for all species of the protozoan parasite Leishmania in the New World. In this paper, we present a summary of the 29 species of Lutzomyia and one of Brumptomyia previously reported for Nicaragua and report results of our recent collections o...

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Main Authors: Russell W Raymond, Chad P McHugh, Sara F Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2010-11-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762010000700008&lng=en&tlng=en