Isolation and molecular identification of Leishmania ( Viannia ) peruviana from naturally infected Lutzomyia peruensis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Peruvian Andes
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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102(5): 655-658, Aug. 2007. ilus
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Leishmania (Viannia) peruviana was isolated from 1/75 Lutzomyia peruensis captured during May 2006 in an endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis region of the Peruvian Andes (Chaute, Huarochiri, Lima, Peru). Sand fly gut with promastigotes was inoculated into a hamster and the remaining body was fixed in ethanol. L. (Viannia) sp. was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Leishmania species through molecular genotyping by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism analyses targeting the genes cpb and hsp70, resulting L. (V.) peruviana. The infected sand fly appeared 15 days after the rains finished, time expected and useful real time data for interventions when transmission is occurring.
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Assunto principal:
Psychodidae
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Leishmania braziliensis
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DNA de Protozoário
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Limite:
Animais
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Peru
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Tropical
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Parasitologia
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Peru
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia/PE
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