Comparative study on the nocturnal activity of phlebotomine sand flies in a highland and lowland foci of visceral leishmaniasis in north-western Ethiopia with special reference to Phlebotomus orientalis

BACKGROUND: Leishmania donovani, the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), is most probably vectored by Phlebotomus orientalis in north-western Ethiopia. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the nocturnal activity patterns of Ph. orientalis in VL endemic foci of Libo-Kemkem (...

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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: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2339-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5568301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28830569
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2339-6

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