Abundance of Lutzomyia ovallesi but not Lu. gomezi (Diptera: Psychodidae) correlated with cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in north-central Venezuela

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-131

  Feliciangeli, M Dora ^a   Rabinovich, Jorge ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Intradomiciliary transmission; Le. mexicana; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmaniasis vectors; Lu. gomezi; Lutzomyia ovallesi; Population ecology; Psychodidae; Sandflies; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; LEISHMANIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SANDFLY;

EL INGENIO; MIRANDA STATE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LUTZOMYIA GOMEZI; LUTZOMYIA OVALLESI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032052711     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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