Sand flies distribution and bionomics, in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah

Research Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  El Badry, Ayman A ^a,b   Al Juhani, Abdullah M ^c   Ibrahim, El Kheir D ^c   Al Zubiany, Saleem F ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b TAIBAH UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Al Madinah Al Munawarah; Phlebotomus; Sand fly; Sergentomyia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLY; INFECTION RATE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARITY; PHLEBOTOMUS ANTENNATA; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PSYCHODIDAE; SAUDI ARABIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERGENTOMYIA CLYDEI; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES DOMINANCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA ANTENNATA; SERGENTOMYIA CLYDEI;

EID: 65849267946     PISSN: 18164943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jp.2009.1.11     Document Type: Article

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