Development of Trypanosoma cruzi after starvation and feeding of the vector - A review

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 335-340

  Kollien, Astrid H ^b   Schaub, Günter A ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Feeding; Starvation; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vector

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; POPULATION DENSITY; RECTUM; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032222750     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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