Assessing the impact of disease vectors on animal populations

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Canals, Mauricio ^a   Bustamante, Ramiro O ^a   Ehrenfeld, Mildred H ^a   Cattan, Pedro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Disease vectors; Vectorial capacity; Vectorial impact

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; DISEASE VECTORS; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0032464558     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001891017457     Document Type: Article

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