Population dynamics and habitat preferences of Phlebotomus orientalis in extra-domestic habitats of Kafta Humera lowlands - Kala azar endemic areas in Northwest Ethiopia

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lemma, Wossenseged ^a,b   Tekie, Habte ^b   Balkew, Meshesha ^b   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^b   Warburg, Alon ^c   Hailu, Asrat ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Extra domestic habitats; Habitat preferences; Kafta Humera lowlands; Kala azar; P. orientalis; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOREST; HABITAT; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS LANGERONI; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; HOUSING; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

NASO HEXACANTHUS; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; RAIN;

AGROCHEMICALS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FORESTS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84908068994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-359     Document Type: Article

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