Comparative kinetics of bloodmeal intake by triatoma infestans and Rhodnius prolixus, the two principal vectors of Chagas disease

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 84-88

  Pereira, H ^a,b   Penido, C M ^c   Martins, M S ^b   Diotaiuti, L ^b,c  

^a Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal size; Chagas disease vectors; Density dependence; Feeding success; Host activity; Irritation; Rhodnius prolixus; South America; Triatoma infestans; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0031950659     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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