Acta Vet. Brno 2009, 78: 327-335

https://doi.org/10.2754/avb200978020327

Activity Patterns of Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Species and Comparative Performance of Different Traps in an Endemic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Focus in Cukurova Plain, Southern Anatolia, Turkey

Özge E. Kasap1, Asli Belen1, Sinan Kaynas1, Fatih M. Simsek2, Levent Biler1, Nihal Ata3, Bulent Alten1

1Hacattepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ecological Sciences Research Laboratory, Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey,
2Adnan Menderes University, Art and Science Faculty, Biology Department, Ecology Section, Aydin, Turkey
3Hacattepe University, Faculty of Science, Department of Statistics, Ankara, Turkey,

Received August 18, 2008
Accepted December 15, 2008

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