Identification of French Guiana sand flies using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry with a new mass spectra library.

• मुख्य लेखकों: Agathe Chavy (लेखक), Cécile Nabet (लेखक), Anne Cécile Normand (लेखक), Arthur Kocher (लेखक), Marine Ginouves (लेखक), Ghislaine Prévot (लेखक), Thiago Vasconcelos Dos Santos (लेखक), Magalie Demar (लेखक), Renaud Piarroux (लेखक), Benoît de Thoisy (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Phlebotomine sand flies are insects that are highly relevant in medicine, particularly as the sole proven vectors of leishmaniasis. Accurate identification of sand fly species is an essential prerequisite for eco-epidemiological studies aiming to better understand the disease. Traditional morphologi...