Effects of larval rearing substrates on some life-table parameters of Lutzomyia longipalpis sand flies.

• Main Authors: Kelsilandia Aguiar Martins (Author), Maria Helena de Athayde Meirelles (Author), Tiago Feitosa Mota (Author), Ibrahim Abbasi (Author), Artur Trancoso Lopo de Queiroz (Author), Claudia Ida Brodskyn (Author), Patrícia Sampaio Tavares Veras (Author), Deborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga (Author), Alon Warburg (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Sand flies are the insects responsible for transmitting Leishmania parasites, the causative agents of leishmaniasis in humans. However, the effects of sand fly breeding sites on their biology and ecology remain poorly understood. Herein, we studied how larval nutrition associated with putative breed...