The development of species of Leishmania Ross, 1903 in Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912)

The development of four isolates of Leishmania from foci of American cutaneous leishmaniasis was studied in Lutzomyia longipalpis. The suggestion that the differences in the development of the Leishmania in the invertebrate host are of great taxonomic significance was confirmed. The pattern of devel...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Célia Maria Ferreira Gontijo, Alberto Rocha Falcão, Alda Lima Falcão, Marcello de Vasconcelos Coelho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1995-06-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761995000300011