Sand fly fauna and environmental parameters in a cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic region in Karaisali, Adana, Turkey

KAVUR H., ARTUN O., Evyapan G. , Demirkazik M., ALPTEKİN D., KOLTAŞ İ. S.

CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.43, no.2, pp.429-437, 2018 (Journal Indexed in ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.17826/cumj.336142
  • Title of Journal : CUKUROVA MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Page Numbers: pp.429-437
  • Keywords: Sand fly, fauna, spatial distribution, cutaneous leishmaniasis, geographical information systems, VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES, VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS, PHLEBOTOMUS-SERGENTI, SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION, ECOLOGICAL NICHE, WESTERN TURKEY, TOSCANA VIRUS, PSYCHODIDAE, DIPTERA, IDENTIFICATION

Abstract

Purpose: This paper presents the results of an entomological survey in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Karaisali province of Adana in Turkey.