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Diversity and altitudinal distribution of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in visceral leishmaniasis endemic areas of northwest Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: The Leishmaniases are caused by the protozoan parasites of the genus Leishmania and are transmitted to humans by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sand flies. Both visceral and cutaneous leishmaniases are widely distributed in different parts of Ethiopia. The aim of this study was...

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Autores principales: Yared, Solomon, Gebresilassie, Araya, Akililu, Essayas, Deribe, Kebede, Balkew, Meshesha, Warburg, Alon, Hailu, Asrat, Gebre-Michael, Teshome
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5590723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28712974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.07.008