Species diversity and relative abundance of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) on three army installations in the United States and susceptibility of a domestic sand fly to infection with Old World Leishmania major

Military Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1203-1208

  Claborn, David M ^a   Rowton, Edgar D ^b   Lawyer, Phillip G ^c   Brown, Grayson C ^d   Keep, Lisa W ^e  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Institute of Research   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; INSECT VECTORS; KENTUCKY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NORTH CAROLINA; PSYCHODIDAE; TEXAS; TREES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349090065     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-00-4309     Document Type: Article

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