Insect vectors of Leishmania: Distribution, physiology and their control

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-272

  Sharma, Umakant ^a   Singh, Sarman ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Geographic distribution; Leishmania; Lutzomia; Phlebotomus; Sandfly; Taxonomy; Vector control

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; CARBAMIC ACID; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; NEEM OIL; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PHEROMONE; PYRETHROID;

BED NET; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LEISHMANIA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; REMOTE SENSING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TAXONOMY; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 57749189128     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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