Entomological and ecological studies in a new potential zoonotic leishmaniasis focus in Torres Novas municipality, Central Region, Portugal

Acta Tropica

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 339-348

  Branco, S ^a,b   Alves Pires, C ^b   Maia, C ^c   Cortes, S ^c   Cristovao J M S ^c   Goncalves L ^d   Campino, L ^c,e   Afonso, M O ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d Center of Statistics Applications of Lisbon University CEAUL   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioecology; Blood meals; Leishmania; Phlebotomine sand flies; Portugal; Torres Novas

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; ENTOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS ARIASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PINE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK FACTOR; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VEGETATION; WIND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PSYCHODIDAE; ZOONOSES;

PORTUGAL;

DELICHON; LARROUSSIUS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; OVIS ARIES; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871900517     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2012.12.008     Document Type: Article

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