Shifting host choices of the vector of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans, in relation to the availability of hosts in houses in north-west Argentina

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 699-715

  Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a,b   Cohen, Joel E ^b,c   Cecere, Maria C ^a   Chuit, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Min Salud y Accion Social la Nacion   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Feeding preferences; Triatominae; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vector ecology; Zooprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; CATUS FELIS; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE;

BLOOD FEEDING; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST AVAILABILITY; HOST CHOICE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0030613182     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404917     Document Type: Article

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