Biology of phlebotomine sand flies as vectors of disease agents

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-250

  Ready, Paul D ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioral ecology; coevolution; host parasite interactions; Leishmania; leishmaniasis control; vector incrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIZARD; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LIZARDS; MAMMALS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84873811150     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120811-153557     Document Type: Review

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