Natural breeding places of phlebotomine sandflies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-80

  Feliciangeli, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Emergence traps; Flotation methods; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis vectors; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Sandfly breeding sites; Sandfly ecology; Sergentomyia; Source reduction; Vector control

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DISEASE VECTOR; EMERGENCE; FLY; HABITAT USE; PEST CONTROL; SOIL PROPERTY; TRAPPING;

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PHLEBOTOMUS;

ANIMALIA; BARTONELLA; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; LUTZOMYIA GOMEZI; LUTZOMYIA INTERMEDIA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; LUTZOMYIA PANAMENSIS; LUTZOMYIA UMBRATILIS; LUTZOMYIA WHITMANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PHLEBOVIRUS; PSYCHODIDAE; RODENTIA; SERGENTOMYIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642278898     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.0487.x     Document Type: Review

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