Impact of Habitat Degradation on Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Tropical Dry Forests in Northern Colombia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-456

  Travi, Bruno L ^a   Adler, Gregory H ^a,b   Lozano, Margarita ^a,c   Cadena, Horacio ^a   Montoya Lerma, James ^a,c  

^a CENTRO INTERNACIONAL DE ENTRENAMIENTO E INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS CIDEIM   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Leishmania braziliensis; Leishmania chagasi; Lutzomyia evansi; Lutzomyia longipalpis

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI; LUTZOMYIA CAYENNENSIS; LUTZOMYIA GOMEZI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; LUTZOMYIA TRINIDADENSIS; MARTES PENNANTI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; PSYCHODIDAE; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036580518     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.451     Document Type: Article

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