The current status of phlebotomine sand flies in Albania and incrimination of Phlebotomus neglectus (Diptera, Psychodidae) as the main vector of Leishmania infantum

• Enkelejda Velo ,

  * E-mail: keladikolli@yahoo.com

  Affiliation Department for Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7283-2541

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• Gioia Bongiorno,

  Affiliation Unit of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, MIPI Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Perparim Kadriaj,

  Affiliation Department for Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

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• Teita Myrseli,

  Affiliation Department for Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

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• James Crilly,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Tirana, Albania

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• Aldin Lika,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Tirana, Albania

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• Kujtim Mersini,

  Affiliation Department of Animal Health, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Tirana, Albania

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• Trentina Di Muccio,

  Affiliation Unit of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, MIPI Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Silvia Bino,

  Affiliation Department for Control of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania

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• Marina Gramiccia,

  Affiliation Unit of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, MIPI Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Luigi Gradoni,

  Affiliation Unit of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, MIPI Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

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• Michele Maroli

  Affiliations Unit of Vector-borne Diseases and International Health, MIPI Department, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, Independent Researcher, Rome, Italy

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