Predicted Distribution of Visceral Leishmaniasis Vectors (Diptera: Psychodidae; Phlebotominae) in Iran: A Niche Model Study

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 644-654

  Hanafi Bojd, A A ^a   Rassi, Y ^a   Yaghoobi Ershadi, M R ^a   Haghdoost, A A ^b   Akhavan, A A ^a   Charrahy, Z ^c   Karimi, A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Niche modelling; Sand fly vector; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; DIPTERA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HUMIDITY; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ALEXANDRI; PHLEBOTOMUS KANDELAKII; PHLEBOTOMUS MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; TEMPERATURE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 84958932092     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12202     Document Type: Article

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