Sand Flies of the Subgenus Adlerius (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Endemic Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis and Introduction of Phlebotomus (Adlerius) comatus as a New Record for Iran.

• Main Authors: Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani (Author), Dinesh Kumar (Author), MohammadReza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Abdollah Naghian (Author), Reza Jafari (Author), Mohammad Reza Shirzadi (Author), Hamid Abdoli (Author), Hassan Soleimani (Author), Niloofar Shareghi (Author), Maryam Ghanei (Author), Mohammad Hossein Arandian (Author), AhmadAli Hanafi-Bojd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2013-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Sand flies of subgenus Adlerius has a wide geographical distribution in Iran and are mostly found in wild form in mountainous areas. They are always considered as probable vectors of visceral leishmaniasis. The ob- jective of this study was to determine the Adlerius species and its compo...