Activity patterns of sand fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) species and comparative performance of different traps in an endemic cutaneous leishmaniasis focus in Cukurova Plain, Southern Anatolia, Turkey

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 327-335

  Kasap, Ozge E ^a   Belen, Asli ^a   Kaynas, Sinan ^a   Simsek, Fatih M ^b   Biler, Levent ^a   Ata, Nihal ^a   Alten, Bulent ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood sucking insects; Leishmania; Nocturnal activity; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PHLEBOTOMUS TOBBI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

EID: 68849106986     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb200978020327     Document Type: Article

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