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Illegal Waste Sites As A Potential Micro Foci Of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis: First Records Of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Slovenia Cover

Illegal Waste Sites As A Potential Micro Foci Of Mediterranean Leishmaniasis: First Records Of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) From Slovenia

Acta Veterinaria
Volume 65 (2015): Issue 3 (September 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/acve-2015-0029 | Journal eISSN: 1820-7448 | Journal ISSN: 0567-8315
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Language: English
Page range: 348 - 357
Submitted on: Jul 31, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 13, 2015
Published on: Sep 30, 2015
Published by: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Leishmania,
Phlebotomine sandflies,
Rodents
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2015 Ivović Vladimir, Kalan Katja, Zupan Sara, Bužan Elena, published by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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