A possible role for Phlebotomus (Anaphlebotomus) rodhaini (Parrot, 1930) in transmission of Leishmania donovani

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Elnaiem, Dia Eldin A ^a   Hassan, Hassan K ^b,c   Osman, Omran F ^b   Maingon, Rhayza D C ^d   Killick Kendrick, Robert ^e   Ward, Richard D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leishmania donovani; Phlebotomus rodhaini; sand flies; transmission; visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; INSECT BITE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS RODHAINI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RARE SPECIES; SUDAN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANAPHLEBOTOMUS; ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS MARTINI; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PSITTACIDAE; RODENTIA;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 83755194693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-238     Document Type: Article

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