Ecological niche model of Phlebotomus perniciosus, the main vector of canine leishmaniasis in north-eastern Italy

Geospatial Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-201

  Signorini, Manuela ^a   Cassini, Rudi ^a   Drigo, Michele ^a   di Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane ^a   Pietrobelli, Mario ^a   Montarsi, Fabrizio ^b   Stensgaard, Anna Sofie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canine leishmaniasis; Ecological niche models; Geographical information systems; Italy; Maximum entropy; Phlebotomus perniciosus; Sand fly

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; ITALY; LEISHMANIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSECT VECTORS; ITALY; LEISHMANIASIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHLEBOTOMUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84911929288     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2014.16     Document Type: Article

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