Characterization of breeding sites of Phlebotomus orientalis - The vector of visceral leishmaniasis in northwestern Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 5-14

  Moncaz, Aviad ^a,c   Kirstein, Oscar ^a   Gebresellassie, Araya ^b   Lemma, Wossenseged ^b   Yared, Solomon ^b   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^b   Hailu, Asrat ^b   Shenker, Moshe ^c   Warburg, Alon ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Emergence traps; Phlebotomus orientalis; Sand fly breeding sites; Sesame; Sorghum; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLAY SOIL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; OXYGEN; SORGHUM; VERTISOL; WATER CONTENT; ALKALINITY; HABITAT QUALITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SALINITY; SANDY CLAY LOAM;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ETHIOPIA; GRAVIMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; RIVER; SALINITY; SANDY LOAM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SPECIES HABITAT; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; WATER CONTENT; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEASON; SOIL; TREE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HABITAT; HUMIDITY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TEMPERATURE; VERTISOL;

ETHIOPIA;

SOIL; ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICROCLIMATE; PHLEBOTOMUS; SEASONS; SOIL; TREES;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; SESAMUM INDICUM;

EID: 84904382743     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.06.013     Document Type: Article

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