Further studies on the phlebotomine sandflies of the kala-azar endemic lowlands of Humera-Metema (north-west Ethiopia) with observations on their natural blood meal sources

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Gebre Michael, Teshome ^a   Balkew, Meshesha ^a   Berhe, Nega ^a   Hailu, Asrat ^b   Mekonnen, Yalemtsehay ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DISEASE CARRIER; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROMASTIGOTE;

BOVINAE; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS DUBOSCQI; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI;

EID: 77749280042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-6     Document Type: Article

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