The efficacy of indoor CDC light traps for collecting the sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes, vector of Leishmania donovani

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-123

  Dinesh, D S ^a   Das, P ^a   Picado, A ^b   Davies, C ^b   Speybroeck, N ^c,d   Boelaert, M ^c   Coosemans, M ^c,e  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bihar; CDC light trap; India; Phlebotomus argentipes; Sampling methods; Sandflies; Trapping

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLY; HEMOPHAGY; LEISHMANIASIS; PHOTOTAXIS; SAMPLING; TRAPPING; VILLAGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LIGHT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SEX RATIO; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIGHT; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; SEX RATIO;

ASIA; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

DIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PSYCHODIDAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 44349186724     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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