Some ecological aspects of phlebotominae sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis of Iran

Journal of Entomology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-23

  Zahraei Ramazani, Ali R ^a   Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad R ^a   Akhavan, Amir A ^a   Abdoli, Hamid ^a   Jafari, Reza ^a   Jalali Zand, Ali R ^b   Arandian, Mohammad H ^a   Shareghi, Nilofar ^a   Ghanei, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Ardestan Azad University

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Ecology; Iran; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 38349053150     PISSN: 18125670     EISSN: 18125689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/je.2008.17.23     Document Type: Article

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