Genetic variability in phlebotomine sandflies: possible implications for Leishmaniasis epidemiology |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Geologia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Campus Morro do Cruzeiro, CEP 35400-000 Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil;2. Instituto do Petróleo e dos Recursos Naturais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, prédio 96J, CEP 90619-900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil;3. Faculdade de Geociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, CEP 78060-900 Cuiabá, MT, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | The vast majority of genetic studies of phlebotomine sandflies have had as their goal the resolution of taxanomic problems. In this paper, Gregory Lanzaro and Alon Warburg summarize the literature describing levels of genetic polymorphism, both within and between sandfly species, and speculate on the significance of variability in the vector to the complex epidemiology of leishmaniasis. |
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