Efficacy of different sampling methods of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kashan district, Isfahan Province, Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 156-162

  Hesam Mohammadi, Marzieh ^a   Rassi, Yavar ^a   Abai, Mohammad Reza ^a   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a   Karimi, Fatemeh ^a   Rafizadeh, Sina ^b   Sanei Dehkordi, Alireza ^a   Sharafkhah, Maryam ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Nocturnal activity; Psychodidae; Sampling methods; Sand flies; Trapping

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BAITED TRAP; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CARBON DI OXIDE LIGHT TRAP; CDC TRAP; CLIMATE; DISNEY TRAP; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; IRAN; MALAISE TRAP; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NOCTURNAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SAMPLING; SERGENTOMYIA; SHANNON TRAP; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STICKY TRAP; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84899561147     PISSN: 23221984     EISSN: 23222271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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