Distribution of sand flies in El-Nekheil province, in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah region, western of Saudi Arabia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-156

  El Badry, Ayman ^a   Al Juhani, Abdullah ^b   Ibrahim, El Kheir ^b   Al Zubiany, Saleem ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENSITY; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SAND FLY; SAUDI ARABIA; SERGENTOMYIA ANTENNATA; SERGENTOMYIA SERGENTI; SERGENTOMYIA SHEWTZI; SEX RATIO; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PSYCHODIDAE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA ANTENNATA; SERGENTOMYIA SERGENTI;

EID: 43049088053     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-0942-3     Document Type: Article

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