Sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with epidemic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Sanliurfa, Turkey

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-281

  Alptekin, Davut ^a   Kasap, Mulkiye ^a   Luleyap, Umit ^a   Kasap, Halil ^a   Aksoy, Serap ^b   Wilson, Mark L ^b,c  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus papatasi; Phlebotomus sergenti; Sandfly ecology; Turkey

Indexed keywords

AVES; DIPTERA; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASONS; TURKEY;

EID: 0033128894     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.277     Document Type: Article

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