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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Auteurs principaux: | Martin J R Hall, Debashis Ghosh, Daniel Martín-Vega, Brett Clark, Innes Clatworthy, Robert A Cheke, Matthew E Rogers |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021
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