Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) associated with the appearance of urban leishmaniasis in the City of Sincelejo, Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 645-647

  Bejarano, Eduar Elías ^a   Uribe, Sandra ^a   Rojas, Winston ^a   Vélez, Iván Darío ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Lutzomyia; Sand flies; Sincelejo; Urban leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; URBAN POPULATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036635212     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500010     Document Type: Article

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