First Report of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) neivai (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Naturally Infected by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in a Periurban Area of South Brazil Using a Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay

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To identify Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) neivai naturally infected by Leishmania a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for the analysis of 450 specimens (270 females, 180 males) collected in an endemic periurban area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Insects were grouped into pools of 10 and positive results were achieved in 3/27 Lu. (N.) neivai female pools. Infection by L. (Viannia)...

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