Bionomics of phlebotomine sandflies at a peacekeeping duty site in the north of Sinai, Egypt

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 106-114

  Hanafi, Hanafi A ^a   Fryauff, David J ^a   Modi, Govind B ^a   Ibrahim, Moustafa O ^a   Main, Andrew J ^a  

^a US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Leishmania; Military; Peacekeeping; Phlebotomus papatasi; Sinai; Vector

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; PEACEKEEPING; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; VECTOR;

ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; EGYPT; LEISHMANIASIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE; SEX RATIO; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EGYPT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS;

AFRICA; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA; SINAI;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI;

EID: 33847788119     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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