Importance of Triatoma pallidipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) as a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) in the state of Morelos, Mexico, and possible ecotopes

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 233-235

  Bautista, Norma Leticia ^a   García De La Torre, Guadalupe S ^b   De Haro Arteaga, Irene ^a   Salazar Schettino, Paz María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Infection index; Triatoma pallidipennis; Vectorial action

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA PALLIDIPENNIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEXICO; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0033128031     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.233     Document Type: Article

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