Aspects of the bionomics of phlebotomus sergenti sandflies from an endemic area of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in aleppo governorate, Syria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-154

  Maroli, M ^a   Jalouk, L ^b   Alahmed, M ^b   Bianchi, R ^a   Bongiorno, G ^a   Khoury, C ^a   Gradoni, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Syrian Ministry of Health   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Aleppo Governorate; Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis; Endophily; Exophily; Leishmania tropica; Phlebotomus sergenti; Sandfly density; Seasonality; Syria

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RISK; HOST LOCATION; INSECTICIDE; LEISHMANIASIS; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; POPULATION SIZE; SEASONALITY; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYRIA;

ALEPPO; ASIA; EURASIA; HALAB; MIDDLE EAST; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

AVES; BOS; BOVINAE; DIPTERA; FELIDAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OVIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS MASCITTII; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 66749084978     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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