• DOI:10.1186/s13071-015-0804-7
Corpus ID: 5675357

Nocturnal periodicity of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Northern Ethiopia

@article{Gebresilassie2015NocturnalPO,
  title={Nocturnal periodicity of Phlebotomus (Larroussius) orientalis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an endemic focus of visceral leishmaniasis in Northern Ethiopia},
  author={Araya Gebresilassie and O. Kirstein and Solomon Yared and Essayas Aklilu and A. Moncaz and H. Tekie and M. Balkew and A. Warburg and A. Hailu and T. Gebremichael},
  journal={Parasites & Vectors},
  year={2015},
  volume={8}
}

Araya Gebresilassie, O. Kirstein, +7 authors T. Gebremichael

Published 2015

Biology, Medicine

Parasites & Vectors

BackgroundPhlebotomus orientalis is the major vector of the intramacrophage protozoa, Leishmania donovani, the etiological agent of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in northern Ethiopia and Sudan. The objective of this study was to determine the nocturnal periodicity of P. orientalis in the VL endemic focus of Tahtay Adiyabo district, northern Ethiopia.MethodsSandflies were collected using CDC light traps by changing collecting bags at an hourly interval from dusk to dawn for six months (January… CONTINUE READING

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