GENETIC-VARIABILITY IN PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLIES - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONS FOR LEISHMANIASIS EPIDEMIOLOGY

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作者
LANZARO, GC [1 ]
WARBURG, A [1 ]
机构
[1] HEBREW UNIV JERUSALEM, HADASSAH MED SCH, DEPT PARASITOL, IL-91010 JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
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PARASITOLOGY TODAY | 1995年 / 11卷 / 04期
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10.1016/0169-4758(95)80137-5
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The vast majority of genetic studies of phlebotomine sandflies have had as their goal the resolution of taxonomic problems. In this paper, Gregory Lanzaro and Alon Warburg summarize the literature describing levels of genetic polymorphism, both within and between sandfly species, and speculate on the significance of variability in the vector to the complex epidemiology of leishmoniasis.
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