Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri: A probable vector of Leishmania infantum in Iran

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-68

  Azizi, K ^a   Rassi, Y ^a   Javadian, E ^a   Motazedian, M H ^b   Rafizadeh, S ^a   Yaghoobi Ershadi, M R ^a   Mohebali, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IRAN; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI;

EID: 31344468258     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485906X78454     Document Type: Article

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