Phlebotomus sergenti, a vector of Leishmania tropica in Saudi Arabia.
1988
M A al-Zahrani, and
W Peters, and
D A Evans, and
C Chin, and
V Smith, and
R P Lane
Ministry of Health, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007303
Insect Vectors
Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host.
Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect
D007895
Leishmania tropica
A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects humans and rodents. This taxonomic complex includes species which cause a disease called Oriental sore which is a form of cutaneous leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS) of the Old World.
A genus of PSYCHODIDAE which functions as the vector of a number of pathogenic organisms, including LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; Bartonella bacilliformis, and the Pappataci fever virus (SANDFLY FEVER NAPLES VIRUS).
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818
Animals
Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.
Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012529
Saudi Arabia
A country located in the Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea, north of Yemen. The capital is Riyadh.
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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M A al-Zahrani, and
W Peters, and
D A Evans, and
C Chin, and
V Smith, and
R P Lane