Geographical distribution and ecological features of the great gerbil subspecies in the main zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis foci in Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 800-803

  Abai, Mohammad Reza ^a   Oshaghi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Tajedin, Leila ^a   Rassi, Yavar ^a   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ecology; Great gerbil; Iran; Leishmaniasis; Reservoir; Rhombomys opimus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GERBIL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IRAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; RHOMBOMY OPIMUS SARGADENSIS; RHOMBOMY OPIMUS SODALIS; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SUBSPECIES; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 78049354864     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60192-7     Document Type: Article

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