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Investigation of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Females of Lutzomyia Sand Fly Species from South America
3 Aug 2012
Abstract excerpt
Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania that are acquired by the female sand fly during blood feeding on an infected mammal. Leishmania parasites develop exclusively in the gut lumen during their residence in the insect before transmission to a suitable host during the next blood feed. Female phlebotomine sand flies are blood feeding insects but their life style of visiting plants as well as animals,...
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