Suscripción institucional·Documento·1990·Inglés

Natural Infections with Leishmania Promastigotes in Lutzomyia ayacuchensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Andean Focus of Ecuador

Hiroyuki Takaoka; Eduardo A. Gomez L.; James B. Alexander; Yoshihisa Hashiguchi

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Resumen

In the Andean town of Paute, Ecuador, 2 of 97 (2%) Lutzomyia ayacuchensis Cáceres and Bianchi were found to be naturally infected with Leishmania promastigotes. The parasites were confined to the midgut of the sand fly, indicating they did not belong to the subgenus Leishmania (Viannia).

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Hiroyuki Takaoka, & Eduardo A. Gomez L., & James B. Alexander, & Yoshihisa Hashiguchi (1990). Natural Infections with Leishmania Promastigotes in Lutzomyia ayacuchensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Andean Focus of Ecuador. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/27.4.701

Ver en la fuente DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/27.4.701