Sampling methods for phlebotomine sandflies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-122

  Alexander, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Leishmania; Leishmaniasis; Lutzomyia; Phlebotominae; Phlebotomus; Sampli ng methods; Sandflies; Trapping; Vectors

Indexed keywords

FLY; SAMPLING; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034087875     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00237.x     Document Type: Review

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