The establishment, maintenance and productivity of a laboratory colony of Phlebotomus similis Perfiliew, 1963 (Diptera, Psychodidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 229-231

  Ivović, Vladimir ^a,c   Ivović, Milica ^b   Chaniotis, Byron ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; LABORATORY TEST; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MALE; OVUM; PHLEBOTOMUS;

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMILIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 34247647610     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0446-y     Document Type: Article

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