Phlebotomine sand fly population dynamics in a leishmaniasis endemic peri-urban area in southern Italy

Acta Tropica

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-234

  Tarallo, Viviana D ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a   Lia, Riccardo P ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Leishmania infantum; Phlebotomine sand fly; Phlebotomus; Sergentomyia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FLY; PATHOGEN; PERIURBAN AREA; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; INSECT; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHENOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE VECTORS; DOGS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; ITALY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHODIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ITALY; PUGLIA;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS NEGLECTUS; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERFILIEWI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA;

EID: 77957753323     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2010.08.013     Document Type: Article

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