Water Wells as a Habitat of Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Vectors of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Greece

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 269-270

  Chaniotis, Byron ^a   Tselentis, Yiannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Phlebotomus; Water wells

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GREECE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREECE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030100111     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.2.269     Document Type: Article

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