Experimental infection and transmission of Leishmania major by laboratory-reared Phlebotomus bergeroti parrot

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 644-646

  Hanafi, Hanafi A ^a,b   El Sawaf, Bahira M ^a,c   Fryauff, David J ^a,d   Modi, Govind B ^a,e   Presley, Steven M ^a,f  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

^b US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

^d Box 3

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f US Mar Corps Command Staff Coll   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; FLY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 0029952178     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.54.644     Document Type: Article

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