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Prevalence of Sand Flies and <i>Leishmania donovani</i> Infection in a Natural Population of Female <i>Phlebotomus argentipes</i> in Bihar State, India
4 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne disease, and in the Indian subcontinent the female Phlebotomus argentipes is the vector for Leishmania donovani. However, data on the extent of sand fly infection rates in natural settings using molecular methods have not been extensively reported in India. In this study a PCR technique was applied targeting the 18S rRNA encoding region to determine the prevalence of Leishmania...
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