Species co-occurrence and feeding behavior in sand fly transmission of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in western Venezuela

Acta Tropica

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-224

  Chaves, Luis Fernando ^a   Añez, Nestor ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

C score; Feeding preferences; Leishmaniasis; Null model tests; Phlebotomine sand flies

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; LEISHMANIASIS;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENEZUELA;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 7744229000     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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