Lutzomyia migonei as putative vector of visceral leishmaniasis in La Banda, Argentina

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-87

  Salomón, Oscar D ^a   Quintana, María G ^b   Bezzi, Gisela ^c   Morán, María L ^c   Betbeder, Eduardo ^c   Valdéz, Daniel V ^c  

^a Administracion Nacional de Laboratorios E Institutos de Salud Dr Carlos G Malbran   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Miguel Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Ministerio de Salud y Desarrollo Social de la Provincia de Santiago del Estero ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chaco; Lutzomyia migonei; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

CANID; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DOG; HUMAN; LUTZOMYIA CORTELEZZI; LUTZOMYIA MIGONEI; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARGENTINA; CHILD; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PSYCHODIDAE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ARGENTINA; SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LUTZOMYIA MIGONEI; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 71549173427     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.08.024     Document Type: Article

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