Seasonal Transmission of Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana in the State of Campeche, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 995-998

  Andrade Narvaez, Fernando J ^a   Canto Lara, Silvia B ^a   Van Wynsberghe, Nicole R ^a   Rebollar Tellez, Eduardo A ^a   Vargas Gonzalez, Alberto ^a   Albertos Alpuche, Nelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana; Mexico; Seasonal transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENT; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 1342269140     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000800002     Document Type: Article

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