Phlebotomine (Diptera, Psychodidae) bloodmeal sources in Tunisian cutaneous leishmaniasis foci: Could sergentomyia minuta, which is not an exclusive herpetophilic species, be implicated in the transmission of pathogens?

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Jaouadi, K ^a   Haouas, N ^a   Chaara, D ^a   Boudabous, R ^a   Gorcii, M ^a   Kidar, A ^a   Depaquit, J ^b   Pratlong, F ^c   Dedet, J P ^c   Babba, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

bloodmeal; leishmaniasis foci; Phlebotomine; PNOC; Sergentomyia minuta

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; BIRD; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

TUNISIA;

CAMELUS DROMEDARIUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS CATUS; HEXAPODA; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA MINUTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872870239     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/AN11186     Document Type: Article

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