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THE LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS SPECIES COMPLEX: DOES POPULATION SUBSTRUCTURE MATTER TO LEISHMANIA TRANSMISSION?
Maingon, Rhayza D. C. et al. | Date Issued: 2008
Author
Maingon, Rhayza D. C.
Ward, Richard D.
Hamilton, James G. C.
Bauzer, Luiz G. S. R.
Peixoto, Alexandre A.
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Keele University. Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine. Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology. Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Keele University. Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine. Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology. Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Keele University. Institute of Science & Technology in Medicine. Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology. Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Biologia Molecular de Insetos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brasil.
Abstract
Leishmania chagasi causes visceral leishmaniasis and, to a lesser extent, atypical cutaneous leishmaniasis in Central and South America. Its main sand fly vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. (Diptera: Psychodidae) displays a complex population structure that might contribute to the observed clinical pleomorphism and to recent major urban epidemics. This article summarises our understanding on reproductive barriers and hybridisation among this vector’s sibling incipient species. Identifying genes important for sand fly ecological adaptability and sand fly–Leishmania genetic covariation could be helpful for interrupting Leishmania transmission.
Keywords in Portuguese
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Leishmania
Transmissão
Complexo de espécies
 
Keywords
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Leishmania
Transmission
Species complex
 
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
MAINGON, Rhayza D. C. et al. The Lutzomyia longipalpis species complex: does population substructure matter to Leishmania transmission?. Trends in Parasitology, v. 34, n. 1, p. 12-17, 2008.
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1471-4922