Synanthropic rodent reservoirs of Trypanosoma (Schizotrypanum) cruzi in the valley of Caracas, Venezuela

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 279-282

  Herrera, Leidi ^b   Urdaneta Morales, Servio ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Rattus rattus; Trypanosoma cruzi; Urban reservoir

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOUSE; MURIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; MICE; MURIDAE; RATS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0031217065     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651997000500006     Document Type: Article

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