Epidemiological study on sand flies in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Bushehr city, southwestern Iran

Epidemiological study on sand flies in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis, Bushehr city, southwestern Iran

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is the most important health problem in the city of Bushehr, southwestern Iran. The objective of the study was to determine some ecological aspects of sand flies in the city during 2010-2011. Sand flies were collected monthly from outdoors and indoors by sticky traps at...

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Main Authors: Mohammad eDarvishi, Mohammad Reza eYaghoobi-Ershadi, Farideh eShahbazi, Amir Ahmad eAkhavan, Reza eJafari, Hassan eSoleimani, Nastaran eYaghoobi-Ershadi, Mohammad eKhajeian, Hossein eDarabi, Mohammad Hossein eArandian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Leishmania major
Leishmaniasis
Phlebotomus sergenti
Leishmania turanica
Iranian sand flies
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2015.00014/full

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