The biology and control of Phlebotomine sand flies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-289

  Killick Kendrick, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG LAYING; ESTRUS CYCLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; RISK; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0032705245     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(99)00046-2     Document Type: Review

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