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Lipophosphoglycan polymorphisms do not affect Leishmania amazonensis development in the permissive vectors Lutzomyia migonei and Lutzomyia longipalpis
1 Dec 2017
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: backbone of repeat units. Leishmania amazonensis is one of the most important species causing human cutaneous leishmaniasis in the New World. Here, we describe LPG intraspecific polymorphisms in two Le. amazonensis reference strains and their role during the development in three sand fly species. RESULTS: Strains isolated from Lutzomyia flaviscutellata (PH8) and from a human patient (Josefa) displayed...
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