Species diversity of sand flies and ecological niche model of Phlebotomus papatasi in central Iran

Acta Tropica

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 246-253

  Abedi Astaneh, Fatemeh ^a,b   Akhavan, Amir Ahmad ^a   Shirzadi, Mohammd Reza ^c   Rassi, Yavar ^a   Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^a   Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^a   Akbarzadeh, Kamran ^a   Nafar Shalamzari, Reza ^b   Parsi, Sohbat ^b   Abbasi, Ali ^b   Raufi, Hedayatollah ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b QOM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Diversity; Ecology; Iran; Phlebotomus papatasi; Qom

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; NICHE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SITE SELECTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFECTION RISK; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS SERGENTI; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERGENTOMYIA; SERGENTOMYIA SINTONI; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TUNGA; URBAN AREA; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION;

IRAN;

PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; SERGENTOMYIA SINTONI;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; PHLEBOTOMUS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84934906418     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2015.05.030     Document Type: Article

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