Impact of phlebotomine sand flies on U.S. military operations at Tallil Air Base, Iraq: 1. Background, military situation, and development of a "Leishmaniasis Control Program"

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 647-662

  Coleman, Russell E ^a,b   Burkett, Douglas A ^a,c   Putnam, John L ^a,c   Van Sherwood, ^a   Caci, Jennifer B ^a   Jennings, Barton T ^a   Hochberg, Lisa P ^a,b   Spradling, Sharon L ^a,c   Rowton, Edgar D ^a,b   Blount, Keith ^a,c   Ploch, John ^a,d   Hopkins, Grady ^a,d   Raymond, Jo Lynne W ^a   O'Guinn, Monica L ^a,e   Lee, John S ^a,e   Weina, Peter J ^a  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c USAF   (United States)

^d US Air Force   (Iraq)

^e UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Iraq; Leishmaniasis; Sand flies; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAQ; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JACKAL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PEST CONTROL; PHLEBOTOMUS; RODENT; SOLDIER; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DOGS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; IRAQ; JACKALS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDES; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RODENTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748341686     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[647:IOPSFO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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