Environmental determinants of the distribution of Phlebotomus orientalis in Sudan

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 877-887

  Elnaiem, D A ^a   Connor, S J ^b   Thomson, M C ^b   Hassan, M M ^a   Hassan, H K ^a   Aboud, M A ^a   Ashford, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ACACIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COTTON; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLY; FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUDAN; TREE; VEGETATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SUDAN; TREES;

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; ARACHNIDA; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0032321874     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00034989858925     Document Type: Article

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