Ticks as vectors of Leishmania parasites

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 155-159

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

IXODIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PHLEBOTOMINAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 79953059968     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2010.12.006     Document Type: Review

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