GENETIC-VARIABILITY IN PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLIES - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONSFOR LEISHMANIASIS EPIDEMIOLOGY

Authors
LANZARO GC WARBURG A
Citation
Gc. Lanzaro et A. Warburg, GENETIC-VARIABILITY IN PHLEBOTOMINE SANDFLIES - POSSIBLE IMPLICATIONSFOR LEISHMANIASIS EPIDEMIOLOGY, Parasitology today, 11(4), 1995, pp. 151-154
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology today → ACNP
ISSN journal
01694758
Volume
11
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
151 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0169-4758(1995)11:4<151:GIPS-P>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The vast majority of genetic studies of phlebotomine sandflies have ha d as their goal the resolution of taxonomic problems. In this paper, G regory Lanzaro and Alon Warburg summarize the literature describing le vels of genetic polymorphism, both within and between sandfly species, and speculate on the significance of variability in the vector to the complex epidemiology of leishmoniasis.