Bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies from three villages in Bihar, India

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages

  Poché, David ^a   Garlapati, Rajesh ^b   Ingenloff, Kate ^a   Remmers, Jennifer ^a   Poché, Richard ^a  

^a Genesis Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Phlebotomus; Sand fly; Vector; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INDIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS;

BOS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; SERGENTOMYIA;

EID: 79952172289     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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