Habitat analysis of North American sand flies near veterans returning from leishmania-endemic war zones

International Journal of Health Geographics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Claborn, David ^a   Masuoka, Penny ^b   Morrow, Meredith ^b   Keep, Lisa ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DISEASE SPREAD; FLY; HABITAT USE; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITIC DISEASE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FORT CAMPBELL; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; POACEAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TREE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; KENTUCKY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; NORTH CAROLINA; POACEAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTORS; TREES; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 60849111970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-7-65     Document Type: Article

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