Seasonal variation of Leishmania major infection rates in sandflies from rodent burrows in Isfahan province, Iran

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-184

  Yaghoobi Ershadi, M R ^a   Javadian, E ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Infection rates; Iran; Leishmania major; Leishmaniasis vectors; Phlebotomus ansarii; Phlebotomus caucasicus; Phlebotomus papatasi; Rhombomys opimus

Indexed keywords

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ANSARII; PHLEBOTOMUS CAUCASICUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; RODENTIA; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA SINTONI; ANIMALIA; DIPTERA;

DISEASE VECTOR; SEASONALITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; IRAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SEASON;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IRAN; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

IRAN, ISFAHAN, BORKHAR DISTRICT;

EID: 0030115148     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00726.x     Document Type: Article

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