Short report: Distribution and feeding preference of the sand flies Phlebotomus sergenti and P. papatasi in a cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in Sanliurfa, Turkey

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Svobodová, Milena ^a   Sádlová, Jovana ^a   Chang, K P ^b   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Department of Psychology Univ Hlth Sci The Chicago Med S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BUILDING; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INTESTINE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GERBIL; GOAT; HEALTH; HORSE; HOUSING; HUMIDITY; MALE; MOUSE; MURIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; RAT; RODENT; SHEEP; SHREW; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; AVES; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; GOATS; HORSES; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MICE; MURIDAE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POULTRY; RATS; RODENTIA; SHEEP; SHREWS; TEMPERATURE; TURKEY; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037267531     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.6     Document Type: Article

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