Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Northern Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-39

  Salomon O D ^a   Wilson, M L ^b   Munstermann, L E ^c   Travi, B L ^d  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Centro Internacional de Entenamiento e Investigaciones   (Colombia)

Author keywords

American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis; Argentina; Lutzomyia; Seasonal abundance; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; LUTZOMYIA MIGONEI; LUTZOMYIA SHANNONI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0842345371     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.1.33     Document Type: Article

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