Habitat preferences of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in southwestern Morocco

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1187-1194

  Guernaoui, S ^a   Boumezzough, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Habitat; Leishmaniasis; Morocco; Risk factors; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MOROCCO; PHLEBOTOMUS; URBANIZATION;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PHLEBOTOMUS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 70350513333     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0529     Document Type: Article

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