The isolation of Leishmania tropica and L. aethiopica from Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) species (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Awash Valley, northeastern Ethiopia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-70

  Gebre Michael, T ^a   Balkew, M ^a   Ali, A ^a   Ludovisi, A ^b   Gramiccia, M ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethiopa; Isoenzyme characterization; Leishmania aethiopica; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis; Paraphlebotomus; Phlebotomus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHIOPIA; GEOGRAPHY; HYRAX; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROMASTIGOTE; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA AETHIOPICA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PARAPHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PHLEBOTOMUS SAEVUS; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0346777308     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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