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Isolation and molecular identification of Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana from naturally infected Lutzomyia peruensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Peruvian Andes.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Aug 2007
Perez J Enrique, Veland Nicolas, Espinosa Diego, Torres Katherine, Ogusuku Elena, Llanos-Cuentas Alejandro, Gamboa Dionicia, Arévalo Jorge
Abstract excerpt
Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana was isolated from 1/75 Lutzomyia peruensis captured during May 2006 in an endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis region of the Peruvian Andes (Chaute, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru). Sand fly gut with promastigotes was inoculated into a hamster and the remaining body was fixed in ethanol. L. (Viannia) sp. was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Leishmania species through molecular...
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