American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Panama: A historical review of entomological studies on anthropophilic Lutzomyia sand fly species

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dutari, Larissa C ^a,b   Loaiza, Jose R ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y SERVICIOS DE ALTA TECNOLOGÍA   (Panama)

^b ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Anthropophilic; Bionomics; Leishmania; Lutzomyia; Panama; Taxonomy; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPTERA; ECOLOGY; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; LUTZOMYIA; LUTZOMYIA GOMEZI; LUTZOMYIA PESSOANA; LUTZOMYIA SANGUINARIA; LUTZOMYIA YLEPHILETOR; NONHUMAN; NYSSOMYIA TRAPIDOI; PANAMA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHODOPYGUS PANAMENSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; STRATIFICATION; TAXONOMY; VECTOR CONTROL; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; HISTORY; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHODIDAE; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; LUTZOMYIA TRAPIDOI; PHLEBOTOMINAE; SANGUINARIA;

ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PANAMA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84901335514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-218     Document Type: Article

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