Host and/or site loyalty of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Brazil

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-211

  Campbell Lendrum, D H ^a   Brandao Filho S P ^b   Ready, P D ^c   Davies, C R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioural heterogeneity; Brazil; Host; Loyalty; Lutzomyia whitmani; Site

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAZIL; HOMING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0033133848     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00169.x     Document Type: Article

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