First Report on Natural Promastigote Infection of Phlebotomus caucasicus in a New Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in North West of Iran

An investigation was carried out in Ahar district, (a new focus of visceral leishmaniasis), Eastern Azerbaijan, North-West of Iran in order to determine the vector(s) of the disease, during the summer of 2003 sand-flies were collected using sticky papers, CDC light traps and aspirators. All of the c...

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Main Authors: Y Rassi, F Kaverizadeh, E Javadian, M Mohebali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2004-10-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/539.pdf&manuscript_id=539