title: Molecular approaches applied to the analysis of sympatric sandfly populations in endemic areas of western Venezuela.
abstract: To understand the epidemiology of cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in three distinct endemic foci of Tachira state, Western Venezuela, we aim to improve vector identification methods by developing species-specific sandfly DNA probes. These probes will be able to distinguish between sympatric sandfly populations thereby providing epidemiological data for determining the significance of individual sandfly groups related to their vectorial capacity.
authors.affiliation: Dept Medical Entomology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Merseyside.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Adamson
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Chance
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feliciangeli
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Maingon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015342:DNA Probes; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D005260:Female; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors; D007891:Leishmania / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016773:Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission; D008297:Male; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000469:parasitology; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes