Distribution of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Andorra: First finding of P. perniciosus and wide distribution of P. ariasi

Acta Tropica

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 155-159

  Ballart, C ^a,b   Baron S ^c   Alcover, M M ^a,b   Portus M ^a   Gallego M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Andorra; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomus ariasi; Phlebotomus perniciosus

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LEISHMANIASIS;

ALTITUDE; ANDORRA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FLY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LATITUDE; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANDORRA; ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANDORRA; FRANCE; SPAIN;

DIPTERA; LARROUSSIUS; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84857112032     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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