Presence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis vectors surrounding the City of Medellín, Colombia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 641-642

  Agudelo, Luz A ^a   Uribe, Jaime ^a   Sierra, Diana ^a   Ruíz, Fredy ^a   Vélez, Iv́an D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Lutzomyia spp. vectors; Medell n; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; COLOMBIA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0036635905     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500008     Document Type: Article

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