Blood feeding preference of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a transmission area for Ame...
Blood feeding preference of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a transmission area for American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Maranhão, Brazil
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Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Portuguese
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Brazil: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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The aim of this study was to determine the sources of blood meals for females of Lutzomyia whitmani, a phlebotomine species incriminated as the main vector for American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Maranhão. For this, 70 Lutzomyia whitmani females were collected in the municipality of Axixá, an area with one of the greatest numbers of cases of Americ...
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Blood feeding preference of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera, Psychodidae) in a transmission area for American cutaneous leishmaniasis in the State of Maranhão, Brazil
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733584721
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733584721
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0037-8682
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1678-9849
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10.1590/S0037-86822009000600007
