The potential effect of global warming on the geographic and seasonal distribution of Phlebotomus papatasi in Southwest Asia

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 724-727

  Cross, Eleanor R ^a   Hyams, Kenneth C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Global warming; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus papatasi; Sandfly; Sandfly fever; Southwest Asia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0029792539     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104724     Document Type: Article

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