Modelling Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis Attraction to Host Odour: Synthetic Sex-Aggregation Pheromone Dominates the Response
Zoontic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) due to Leishmania infantum is a potentially fatal protozoan parasitic disease of humans and dogs.In the Americas, dogs are the reservoir and the sand fly, Lutzomyia longipalpis, the principal vector.A synthetic version of the male sand fly produced sex-aggregation pheromone attracts both female and male conspeci