Visualisation of Leishmania donovani fluorescent hybrids during early stage development in the sand fly vector.
- Authors: Lewis MD, Maurício I, Miles MA, Sadlova J, Seblova V, Volf P, Yeo M
- Journal: PLoS One
- Link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Visualisation+of+Leishmania+donovani+fluorescent+hybrids+during+early+stage+development+in+the+sand+fly+vector
BACKGROUND:
The Leishmania protozoan parasites cause devastating human diseases. Leishmania have been considered to replicate clonally, without genetic exchange. However, an accumulation of evidence indicates that there are inter-specific and intra-specific hybrids among natural populations.
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