| anthropophagy and aggregation behaviour of the sandfly phlebotomus argentipes in sri lanka. | the visceral leishmaniasis (vl) vector phlebotomus argentipes annandale & brunetti is widely distributed throughout the indian sub-continent and s.e. asia. the absence of vl in areas such as sri lanka has been attributed to the zoophilic nature of p.argentipes, since they were not recorded biting man. field studies on p.argentipes were undertaken in the central highlands of sri lanka, near kandy, in may 1988. male sandflies outnumbered females on cows by 19:1, and were regularly spaced at all de ... | 1990 | 2132972 |
| molecular and biochemical characterization of a sand fly population from sri lanka: evidence for insecticide resistance due to altered esterases and insensitive acetylcholinesterase. | with an increasing incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in sri lanka, particularly in northern provinces, insecticide-mediated vector control is under consideration. optimizing such a strategy requires the characterization of sand fly populations in target areas with regard to species composition and extant resistance, among other parameters. sand flies were collected by human bait and cattle-baited net traps on delft island, used as an illegal transit location by many refugees returning to the ... | 2005 | 16048685 |
| first report on the presence of morphospecies a and b of phlebotomus argentipes sensu lato (diptera: psychodidae) in sri lanka--implications for leishmaniasis transmission. | | 2005 | 16457386 |