Leishmania donovani leishmaniasis in Cyprus

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-77

  Antoniou, Maria ^a   Haralambous, Christos ^b   Mazeris, Apostolos ^c   Pratlong, Francine ^d   Dedet, Jean Pierre ^d   Soteriadou, Ketty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c Veterinary Services of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRUS; ECOSYSTEM; FAUNA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LETTER; LIFESPAN; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CYPRUS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 58849098139     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70004-0     Document Type: Letter

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