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Development of Endotrypanum (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in Experimentally Infected Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
1 Mar 1997
Abstract excerpt
The developmental biology (parasite establishment, migration, and differentiation) of Brazilian strains of Endotrypanum are reported for 3 sand fly species: Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz & Neiva, L. shannoni Dyar, and Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli. Laboratory-reared sand flies were infected by feeding on a promastigote suspension through a chick-skin membrane. Infections within the insect gut were examined at various...
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