Genetic diversity, phylogeography and molecular clock of the Lutzomyia longipalpis complex (Diptera: Psychodidae).

• Autores principales: Angélica Pech-May (Autor), Janine M Ramsey (Autor), Raúl E González Ittig (Autor), Magali Giuliani (Autor), Pablo Berrozpe (Autor), María G Quintana (Autor), Oscar D Salomón (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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The Lutzomyia longipalpis complex has a wide but discontinuous distribution in Latin America, extending throughout the Neotropical realm between Mexico and northern Argentina and Uruguay. In the Americas, this sandfly is the main vector of Leishmania infantum, the parasite responsible for Visceral L...