Rearing and Biology of Phlebotomus sergenti, the Main Vector of Anthroponotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Iran

• Main Authors: Arshad Veysi (Author), Mohamad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author), Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei (Author), Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani (Author), Aref Rezaee-Node (Author), Fatemeh Gholampour (Author), Zahra Saeidi (Author), Mahboubeh Fatemi (Author), Mohamad Hossein Arandian (Author), Ali Khamesipour (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Establishment of sand flies laboratory colonies is essential to understand various biological aspects of Phlebotominae sand flies. The aims of the current study were to establish the colony of Phlebotomus sergenti Parrot (1917), the main vector of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in...