Isolation of Leishmania donovani from Phlebotomus martini in Baringo district, Kenya

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 695-700

  Perkins, P V ^a,b,c   Githure, J I ^a   Mebrahtu, Y ^a,b   Kiilu, G ^a   Anjili, C ^a   Ngumbi, P S ^a,b   Nzovu, J ^a   Oster, C N ^a,b   Whitmire, R E ^a,b   Leeuwenburg, J ^a   Hendricks, L D ^a,b   Koech, D K ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b US Army Medical Research Unit ^*  (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHLEBOTOMUS MARTINI; PROTOZOON;

ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0023716580     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90204-0     Document Type: Article

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