Infection parameters in the sand fly vector that predict transmission of Leishmania major.

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Lisa W Stamper (مؤلف), Rachel L Patrick (مؤلف), Michael P Fay (مؤلف), Phillip G Lawyer (مؤلف), Dia-Eldin A Elnaiem (مؤلف), Nagila Secundino (مؤلف), Alain Debrabant (مؤلف), David L Sacks (مؤلف), Nathan C Peters (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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To identify parameters of Leishmania infection within a population of infected sand flies that reliably predict subsequent transmission to the mammalian host, we sampled groups of infected flies and compared infection intensity and degree of metacyclogenesis with the frequency of transmission. The p...