Studies on sandflies in a hyperendemic area of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 105, Issue FEB., 1997, Pages 61-66

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

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disease vectors; Iran; Leishmaniasis; Psychodidae; Sandflies; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; IRAN; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0031039299     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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