Studies on the sandfly fauna (diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from transmission areas of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in state of Acre, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 760-767

  Azevedo, Alfredo C R ^a   Costa, Simone M ^a   Pinto, Maria C G ^b   Souza, Janis L ^b   Cruz, Henrique C ^b   Vidal, Joaquim ^b   Rangel, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hospital de Saúde Mental do Acre   (Brazil)

Author keywords

American cutaneous leishmaniasis; Brazil; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomine fauna; State of Acre; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA GUYANENSIS; LUTZOMYIA FLAVISCUTELLATA; LUTZOMYIA MIGONEI; LUTZOMYIA UMBRATILIS; LUTZOMYIA WHITMANI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 58049134050     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762008000800003     Document Type: Article

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