New record of Phlebotomus sergenti, the vector of Leishmania tropica, in the southern Nile Valley of Egypt

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 272-274

  Hanafi, Hanafi A ^a   Beavers, Gregory M ^b   Dykstra, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

^b Navy Dis Vec Ecol/Control Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Egypt; Phlebotominae; Phlebotomus sergenti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 0035747646     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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