Spatial and temporal distributions of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae), vectors of leishmaniasis, in Iran

Acta Tropica

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-139

  Karimi, Ameneh ^a   Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^a   Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a   Ghezelbash, Zahra ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Database; Iran; Leishmaniasis; Sand fly vectors

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS; SAND FLY VECTORS;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84894076195     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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