Phlebotomus (Adlerius) halepensis vector competence for Leishmania major and Le. tropica

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 244-250

  Sadlova J ^a   Hajmova M ^a   Volf, Petr ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adlerius; Host preference; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Phlebotomus duboscqi; Phlebotomus halepensis; Phlebotomus sergenti; Sandfly; Vector competence

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; HOST PREFERENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; RABBIT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; FECES; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; RABBITS;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; JUSTICIA CANDICANS; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 20244388754     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00434.x     Document Type: Article

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