Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) riouxi: A synonym of Phlebotomus chabaudi without any proven vectorial role in Tunisia and Algeria

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL.1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Tabbabi, A ^a   Rhim, A ^a   Ghrab, J ^a   Martin, O ^b   Aoun, K ^a   Bouratbine, A ^a   Ready, P D ^b  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis control; cytochrome b phylogenetics; elongation factor 1 phylogenetics; Leishmania tropica transmission; North Africa; Phlebotomus chabaudi; Phlebotomus riouxi

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; INSECT PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ALGERIA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUNISIA;

ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHROMES B; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TUNISIA;

EID: 84906772389     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mve.12067     Document Type: Article

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