Richness and Diversity of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in North Khorasan Province, Northeast of Iran

• Main Authors: Kourosh Arzamani (Author), Hassan Vatandoost (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author), Mohammad Reza Abai (Author), Mohammad Alavinia (Author), Kamran Akbarzadeh (Author), Mehdi Mohebali (Author), Sayena Rafizadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We aimed to determine the species composition, richness and diversity indices of the Phlebotomine sand flies at different topographic condition in visceral (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) foci in the northeast of Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted during 2016 i...