Sand fly fauna of Crete and the description of Phlebotomus (Adlerius) creticus n. sp. (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Abstract Background The Greek island of Crete is endemic for both visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and recently increasing cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). This study summarizes published data on the sand fly fauna of Crete, the results of new sand fly samplings and the description of a new sand fly species...

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Main Authors: Vít Dvořák, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Christoforos Pavlou, Emmanouil Dokianakis, Mohammad Akhoundi, Petr Halada, Petr Volf, Jérôme Depaquit, Maria Antoniou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-04358-x