The role of indigenous phlebotomine sandflies and mammals in the spreading of leishmaniasis agents in the mediterranean region

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 30, 2013, Pages

  Antoniou, M ^a   Gramiccia, M ^b   Molina, R ^c   Dvorak, V ^d   Volf, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CYPRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; GREECE; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALARIA CONTROL; MAMMAL; MIXED INFECTION; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK; SEROPREVALENCE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPAIN; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84880763600     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.30.20540     Document Type: Article

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