Distribution of 'promoter' sandflies associated with incidence of classic Kaposi's sarcoma

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Ascoli, V ^a   Senis, G ^b   Zucchetto, A ^c   Valerio, L ^b   Facchinelli, L ^b   Budroni, M ^d   Dal Maso, L ^c   Coluzzi, M ^b  

^a Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^d Registro Tumori della Provincia di Sassari   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bloodsucking insects; Italy; Kaposi's sarcoma; Phlebotomus perfiliewi; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL AREA; SKIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRAL DISEASE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; ECOSYSTEM; FLY; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LARVA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; SOIL; VIROLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LARVA; PSYCHODIDAE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SOIL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANOPHELES PLUMBEUS; ARTHROPODA; CULEX PIPIENS; CULEX THEILERI; CULICIDAE; CULISETA ANNULATA; CULISETA LONGIAREOLATA; DIPTERA; HERPESVIRIDAE; HEXAPODA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 68949088205     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00811.x     Document Type: Article

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