The origin of Rhodnius prolixus in Central America

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 113-115

  Dujardin, J P ^a,b   Munoz M ^b   Chavez, T ^b   Ponce, C ^c   Moreno, J ^d   Schofield, C J ^e,f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^c Secretaria De Salud   (Honduras)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

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

^f London Sch of Hyg and Trop Med ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Central America; Chagas disease; Colombia; Honduras; Isoenzymes; Morphometrics; Population genetics; RAPD; Rhodnius prolixus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RHODNIUS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RHODNIUS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS;

EID: 0031930575     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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