Experimental transmission of Leishmania infantum by two major vectors: a comparison between a viscerotropic and a dermotropic strain.

We quantified Leishmania infantum parasites transmitted by natural vectors for the first time. Both L. infantum strains studied, dermotropic CUK3 and viscerotropic IMT373, developed well in Phlebotomus perniciosus and Lutzomyia longipalpis. They produced heavy late-stage infection and colonized the...

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Main Authors: Carla Maia (Author), Veronika Seblova (Author), Jovana Sadlova (Author), Jan Votypka (Author), Petr Volf (Author)
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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