Distinctions between promastigotes of Leishmania species developing in the digestive tract of laboratory reared Lutzomyia longipalpis.
Female Lutzomyia longipalpis were exposed to infection by three different species/strains of Leishmania. When the insects were dissected four days after exposure, stained preparations were made of the flagellates contained in the digestive tract. Using traditional morphometric methods, L. amazonensis, L. guyanensis and an unnamed species of the mexicana complex could be distinguished from one another.
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Departamento de Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil.
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D000818:Animals; D004064:Digestive System / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D007891:Leishmania / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D013045:Species Specificity