Sugar meals and longevity of the sandfly Phlebotomus papatasi in an arid focus of Leishmania major in the Jordan Valley

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-71

  Schlein, Yosef ^a   Jacobson, Raymond L ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age grading; Jordan Valley; Leishmaniasis vector; Phlebotominae; Phlebotomus papatasi; Plant feeding; Sandflies; Sugars

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LONGEVITY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CARBOHYDRATES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI;

EID: 0033083787     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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