Entomological study of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry | Zendy

Hamzeh Alipour | Zendy; Hossien Darabi | Zendy; Tahere Dabbaghmanesh | Zendy; Mehdi Bonyani | Zendy

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Entomological study of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry

Author(s) -

Hamzeh Alipour,

Hossien Darabi,

Tahere Dabbaghmanesh,

Mehdi Bonyani

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 2588-9222

pISSN - 2221-1691

DOI - 10.12980/apjtb.4.2014c678

Subject(s) - phlebotominae , psychodidae , petrochemical , zoology , biology , geography , veterinary medicine , engineering , medicine , leishmaniasis , immunology , waste management

TO INVESTIGATE THE FAUNA AND SEASONAL ACTIVITY OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SAND FLIES (DIPTERA: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry, Southern Iran, as a oil rich district. Sand flies are the vectors of at least three different kinds of disease, the most important of which is leishmaniasis, and it is a major public health problem in Iran with increased annual occurrence of clinical episodes.

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