Abundance and Parity Rate of Lutzomyia cruciata (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Endemic Focus of Localized Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Southern Mexico

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-685

  Rebollar Tellez, Eduardo A ^a   Reyes Villanueva, Filiberto ^a,b   Fernandez Salas, Ildefonso ^a,b   Andrade Narvaez, Fernando J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Age structure; Lutzomyia cruciata; Mexico; Survivorship; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

CRUCIATA; DIPTERA; LUTZOMYIA CRUCIATA; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEXICO; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0030187289     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.4.683     Document Type: Article

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