Diversity of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Endemic Focus of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Azar Shahr District, East Azarbaijan Province, North West of Iran

• Hauptverfasser: Teimour Hazratian (VerfasserIn), Hasan Vatandoost (VerfasserIn), Mohammad Ali Oshaghi (VerfasserIn), Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (VerfasserIn), Esmael Fallah (VerfasserIn), Sayena Rafizadeh (VerfasserIn), Mohammad Reza Shirzadi (VerfasserIn), Mansoreh Shayeghi (VerfasserIn), Kameran Akbarzadeh (VerfasserIn), Yavar Rassi (VerfasserIn)
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• Veröffentlicht: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: There are nearly 1000 species of Phlebotomine sand flies in 6 genera, of which only two, Phlebotomus in the old world and Lutzomyia in the new world are medically important. Globally, leishmaniasis prevalent in 98 countries and affects estimated 12 million people with almost two million...