Chagas Disease Vector Control in Tupiza, Southern Bolivia

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Guillen, G ^a   Diaz, R ^f   Jemio, A ^a   Alfred Cassab, J ^b   Teixeira Pinto, C ^c   Schofield, C J ^d,e  

^a Caja Nacional de Salud   (Bolivia)

^b Asoc Fund Pro Vida y Salud   (Bolivia)

^c Hoechst Schering AgrEvo do Brasil   (Brazil)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e Componente Salud ^*  (France)

^f Proyecto Desarrollo Agropec C   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chagas disease; Pyrethroids; Triatoma infestans; Vector control

Indexed keywords

TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0030622242     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761997000100001     Document Type: Article

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