Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Palestinian West Bank: Potential Vectors of Leishmaniasis

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-328

  Sawalha, Samir S ^a   Shtayeh, Muhamad S ^b   Khanfar, Haroun M ^a   Warburg, Alon ^c   Abdeen, Ziad A ^a  

^a AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biting activity; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus; Resting sites; West bank

Indexed keywords

ADLERIUS; DIPTERA; FALLAX; INVERTEBRATA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS HALEPENSIS; PHLEBOTOMUS JACUSIELI; PHLEBOTOMUS MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMUS MASCITTI; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SYRIACUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA CHRISTOPHERSI; SERGENTOMYIA FALLAX; SERGENTOMYIA THEODORI; SERGENTOMYIA TIBERIADIS; SYNPHLEBOTOMUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MIDDLE EAST; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEASON; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DISEASE VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MIDDLE EAST; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEASONS;

EID: 0142026234     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.3.321     Document Type: Article

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