Experimental infection and transmission of Leishmania by Lutzomyia cruzi (Diptera: Psychodidae): Aspects of the ecology of parasite-vector interactions.

• Main Authors: Everton Falcão de Oliveira (Author), Elisa Teruya Oshiro (Author), Wagner de Souza Fernandes (Author), Paula Guerra Murat (Author), Márcio José de Medeiros (Author), Alda Izabel Souza (Author), Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira (Author), Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Several parameters should be addressed before incriminating a vector for Leishmania transmission. Those may include its ability to become infected by the same Leishmania species found in humans, the degree of attractiveness for reservoirs and humans and capacity to sustain parasite infection under l...