MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA, PSYCHODIDAE, PHLEBOTOMINAE) IN THE CRIMEA: SPECIES COMPOSITION, SPREAD, ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES.
Journal: PubMed
Year: 2016

Crimea was known to be a mosquito-borne fever (pappataci fever) endemic area in the past. There is information on sporadic cases of visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the vectors for which are also mosquitoes. This disease was registered in Crimea in both the 20h century and the early 21st century. The data available in the literature on the mosquitoes in Crimea, which were published mainly in the first half of the 20th century, have been analyzed. Based on the classification of these insects, which h