Leishmaniasis in Sicily (Italy): An investigation of the distribution and prevalence of Phlebotomine sandflies in Catania province

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 715-718

  Orndorff, George R ^a   Maroli, Michalle ^a   Cooper, Barbara ^a   Rankin, Steven E ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; METEOROLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODIDAE; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 0036738115     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.715     Document Type: Article

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