Bionomics of Lutzomyia evansi (Diptera: Psychodidae) Vector of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Northern Colombia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 278-285

  Travi, Bruno L ^a   Montoya, James ^a   Gallego, Jorge ^a,b   Jaramillo, Consuelo ^a   Llano, Rubiela ^a,b   Velez, Ivan D ^a,b  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Lutzomyia evansi; Sand fly bionomics; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CUNA; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA EVANSI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0030138475     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.278     Document Type: Article

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