Laboratory evaluation of the efficacy of fluorescent biomarkers for sugar-feeding sand flies (diptera: Psychodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 664-669

  Mascari, T M ^a   Foil, L D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

biomarker; Phlebotomus papatasi; sand fly; sugar bait

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY; PSYCHODIDAE;

DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 77954182135     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09245     Document Type: Article

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