Micro-CT visualization of a promastigote secretory gel (PSG) and parasite plug in the digestive tract of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis infected with Leishmania mexicana.

Micro-CT visualization of a promastigote secretory gel (PSG) and parasite plug in the digestive tract of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis infected with Leishmania mexicana.

Leishmaniasis is a debilitating disease of the tropics, subtropics and southern Europe caused by Leishmania parasites that are transmitted during blood feeding by phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae). Using non-invasive micro-computed tomography, we were able to visualize the impact of the...

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Autores principales: Martin J R Hall, Debashis Ghosh, Daniel Martín-Vega, Brett Clark, Innes Clatworthy, Robert A Cheke, Matthew E Rogers
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/29da6bf799c24f9c84cf23497cf5929a
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