Natural infection of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) langeroni (Diptera: Psychodidae) with Leishmania infantum in Tunisia

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 372-377

  Guerbouj, Souheila ^a   Chemkhi, Jomâa ^a   Kaabi, Belhassen ^a   Rahali, Abdelatif ^b   Ismail, Riadh Ben ^a   Guizani, Ikram ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Direction Régionale des Soins de Santé de Base   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease transmission; Insect vectors; Leishmania infantum; Phlebotomus; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUNISIA;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; PHLEBOTOMUS LONGICUSPIS; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 33846652228     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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