The sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Turkish province of Hatay: Some possible vectors of the parasites causing human cutaneous leishmaniasis

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 741-750

  Yaman, M ^a   Ozbel Y ^b  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COW; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GOAT; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS KYRENIAE; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMICI; PHLEBOTOMUS SYRIACUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA DENTATA; SERGENTOMYIA THEODORI; SHEEP; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SEASONS; TURKEY;

ARACHNIDA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DIPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; OVIS ARIES; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SIMICI; PHLEBOTOMUS SYRIACUS; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA DENTATA;

EID: 6344238514     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225021415     Document Type: Article

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