Reduction of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Experimental Populations Exposed to Feeding Inhibitors

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 823-827

  Vassena, Claudia V ^a   Picollo, Maria I ^a   Zerba, Eduardo N ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

cis maleamates; Experimental populations; Feeding inhibition; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

MALEAMIC ACID; MALEIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALEATES; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0030238413     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.5.823     Document Type: Article

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