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Genetic structure and divergence in populations of Lutzomyia cruciata, a phlebotomine sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) vector of Leishmania mexicana in southeastern Mexico.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2013
Pech-May Angélica, Marina Carlos F, Vázquez-Domínguez Ella, Berzunza-Cruz Miriam, Rebollar-Téllez Eduardo A, Narváez-Zapata José A, Moo-Llanes David, Ibáñez-Bernal Sergio, Ramsey Janine M, Becker Ingeborg
Abstract excerpt
The low dispersal capacity of sand flies could lead to population isolation due to geographic barriers, climate variation, or to population fragmentation associated with specific local habitats due to landscape modification. The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia cruciata has a wide distribution throughout Mexico and is a vector of Leishmania mexicana in the southeast. The aim of this study was to evaluate the...
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