Sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in Central Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 415-419

  López, Yolanda ^a   Osorio, Lisardo ^a   Alvarez, Gilberto ^a   Rojas, Jaime ^b   Jiménez, Fernando ^b   Gómez, Carmen ^b   Ferro, Cristina ^b  

^a Direccion Seccional de Salud de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Ecology; Leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

BRUMPTOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0030179206     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761996000400005     Document Type: Article

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