Bionomics of phlebotomine sandflies in the Galilee focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Israel

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 418-428

  Kravchenko, V ^a   Wasserberg, G ^b   Warburg, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Galilee; Israel; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis vectors; Nocturnal activity; Phlebotomus (Adlerius) arabicus; Phlebotomus (Larroussius) tobbi; Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) sergenti; Sandfly abundance; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; INSECT VECTORS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; WORLD;

DIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMICI; PHLEBOTOMUS SYRIACUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 11144258735     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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