Ecology of Lutzomyia longipalpis in an area of visceral leishmaniasis transmission in north-eastern Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 99-102

  Costa, Pietra Lemos ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   da Silva, Fernando José ^a   Guimarães, Vanessa Cristina Fitipaldi Veloso ^a   Gaudêncio, Kamila ^a   Brandão Filho, Sinval Pinto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecology; Lutzomyia longipalpis; Phlebotominae; Sand flies

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHICKEN; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA EVANDROI; LUTZOMYIA LENTI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; LUTZOMYIA SALLESI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPECIES HABITAT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

BRAZIL;

LUTZOMYIA EVANDROI; LUTZOMYIA LENTI; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 84875528373     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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