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Genetic divergence in populations of Lutzomyia ayacuchensis, a vector of Andean-type cutaneous leishmaniasis, in Ecuador and Peru.
Acta tropica - 1 Jan 2015
Kato Hirotomo, Cáceres Abraham G, Gomez Eduardo A, Mimori Tatsuyuki, Uezato Hiroshi, Hashiguchi Yoshihisa
Abstract excerpt
Haplotype and gene network analyses were performed on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and cytochrome b gene sequences of Lutzomyia (Lu.) ayacuchensis populations from Andean areas of Ecuador and southern Peru where the sand fly species transmit Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana and Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana, respectively, and populations from the northern Peruvian Andes, for which transmission of...
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