The parasite is transmitted by the hematophagous sand fly vector of the genusPhlebotomus in the old world and Lutzomyia in the new world.
Uso de Phlebotomus en inglés
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In both habitats, the presence of the sand fly vector identified as Phlebotomus perniciosus was confirmed.
2
Membrane feeding bioassays with Phlebotomus papatasi were used to evaluate the phlebotomine mortality efficacy of the different treatments.
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The parasite is transmitted by the hematophagous sand fly vector of the genus Phlebotomus in the old world and Lutzomyia in the new world.
4
The complete genome sequences of sand flies (Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia) are currently not available and this hinders identification of proteins in the sand fly vector.