Open AccessEntomological study of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Asalouyeh, the heartland of an Iranian petrochemical industry
Author(s) -
Hamzeh Alipour,
Hossein Darabi,
Tahere Dabbaghmanesh,
Mehdi Bonyani
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical biomedicine/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 , phlebotomus , vector (molecular biology) , fauna , biology , leishmaniasis , veterinary medicine , southern iran , zoology , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmania , ecology , parasite hosting , immunology , medicine , art , biochemistry , literature , world wide web , computer science , gene , recombinant dna
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.