Phlebotominae of epidemiological importance in cutaneous leishmaniasis in northwestern Argentina: Risk maps and ecological niche models

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Quintana, M ^a   Salomon O ^b   Guerra, R ^c   Lizarralde De Grosso, M ^a   Fuenzalida, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^b National Ministry of Health   (Argentina)

^c Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Ecological niche models; Phlebotominae; Risk map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARGENTINA; JUJUY; SALTA [ARGENTINA];

ANIMALIA; BRUMPTOMYIA; DIPTERA; LEISHMANIA BRAZILIENSIS; LUTZOMYIA NEIVAI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84873997028     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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