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Studies on sand fly fauna and ecological analysis of Phlebotomus orientalis in the highland and lowland foci of kala-azar in northwestern Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) also known as kala-azar is a growing health problem in Ethiopia with an estimated annual VL incidence between 3700 and 7400. The disease is mainly endemic in northwestern parts of the country. The aim of the current study was to determine the sand fly fauna an...

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Autores principales: Aklilu, Esayas, Gebresilassie, Araya, Yared, Solomon, Kindu, Mizan, Tekie, Habte, Balkew, Meshesha, Warburg, Alon, Hailu, Asrat, Gebre-Michael, Teshome
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5383282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28384307
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175308