Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis of Lutzomyia longipalpis laboratory populations

The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis has been incriminated as a vector of American visceral leishmaniasis, caused by Leishmania chagasi. However, some evidence has been accumulated suggesting that it may exist in nature not as a single but as a species complex. Our goal was to compare fou...

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Main Authors: Edelberto S. DiaS, Consuelo L. FORTES-DIAS, John M. StitEler, Peter V. PERKINS, Phillip G. Lawyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1998-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000100010