A temporal comparison of sex-aggregation pheromone gland content and dynamics of release in three members of the Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) species complex.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Mikel A González (مؤلف), Krishna K Bandi (مؤلف), Melissa J Bell (مؤلف), Reginaldo P Brazil (مؤلف), Erin Dilger (مؤلف), Angel Guerrero (مؤلف), Orin Courtenay (مؤلف), James G C Hamilton (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Lutzomyia longipalpis is the South American vector of Leishmania infantum, the etiologic agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). Male L. longipalpis produce a sex-aggregation pheromone that is critical in mating, yet very little is known about its accumulation over time or factors involved...