Leishmaniasis in Brazil. XXIV. Natural flagellate infections of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pará State, with particular reference to the rôle of Psychodopygus wellcomei as the vector of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis in the Serra dos Carajás
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 81 (3) , 353-359
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(87)90133-7
Abstract
Between July 1983 and December 1984 natural flagellate infections were found in 114 (1%) of 11 586 female phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: PsychodidaKeywords
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