Attempts to Improve Xenodiagnosis: Comparative Test of Sensibility Using Rhodnius neglectus, Panstrongylus megistus, Triatoma vitticeps and Triatoma infestans in Endemic Areas of Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-96

  De Carvalho Moreira, Carlos José ^a   Perlowagora Szumlewicz, Alina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Brazil; Chagas disease; Insect susceptibility; Panstrongylus megistus; Rhodnius neglectus; Triatoma infestans; Triatoma vitticeps; Xenodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; MOURIRI DOMINGENSIS; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMA VITTICEPS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANSTRONGYLUS; PARASITOLOGY; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0030622298     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761997000100019     Document Type: Article

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