Phlebotomine sandflies and the spreading of leishmaniases and other diseases of public health concern

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-147

  Maroli, M ^a   Feliciangeli, M D ^b   Bichaud, L ^c   Charrel, R N ^c   Gradoni, L ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^c Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

Author keywords

Carri n's disease; Chandipura virus encephalitis; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomine sandflies; Sandfly fever; Summer meningitis; Vesicular stomatitis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; DATA ACQUISITION; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE SPREAD; ENCEPHALITIS; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; LIVESTOCK; MENINGITIS; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUMMER; URBANIZATION; VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARBOVIRUS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ARBOVIRUSES; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; PSYCHODIDAE; ZOONOSES;

AMAZON BASIN; COLOMBIA; ECUADOR; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; PERU;

ANIMALIA; CHANDIPURA VIRUS; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOVIRUS; PSYCHODIDAE; VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS; VESICULOVIRUS;

EID: 84876984099     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2012.01034.x     Document Type: Review

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