Vectorial efficacy of Phlebotomus argentipes in Kala-azar Endemic Foci of Bihar (India) under Natural and Artificial Conditions

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 102-109

  Kumar, V ^a   Kishore, K ^a   Palit, A ^a   Keshari, S ^a   Sharma, M C ^b   Das, V N R ^a   Shivakumar, S ^a   Roy, M S ^a   Sinha, N K ^a   Prasad, M ^a   Kar, S K ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHLEBOTOMUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 0035372440     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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