Comparison of sticky-traps and CDC light-traps for sampling phlebotomine sandflies entering houses in Venezuela

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 295-298

  Wheeler, A S ^a   Feliciangeli, M D ^b   Ward, R D ^a   Maingon, R D C ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

CDC light traps; leishmaniasis vectors; Lu ovallesi; Lutzomyia atroclavata; sandfly sampling; sea ratio; sticky traps; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0030186091     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00747.x     Document Type: Article

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