Activity pattern in relation to refuge exploitation and feeding in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 163-170

  Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Chagas disease; Circadian activity; Starvation; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHAGAS DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; STARVATION; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTOR ACTIVITY; STARVATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMA;

ARENA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0032581209     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(98)00025-4     Document Type: Article

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