Associations of Phlebotomus orientalis and other sandflies with vegetation types in the eastern Sudan focus of kala-azar

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 198-203

  Elnaiem, D A ^a   Hassan, H K ^a   Ward, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acacia seyal; Dinder; Kala azar; Phlebotomus orientalis; Sandflies; Sudan; Vegetation; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; HABITAT USE; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SUDAN;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SUDAN;

SUDAN;

EID: 0033133776     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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