The Ecotopes and Evolution of Triatomine Bugs (Triatominae) and their Associated Trypanosomes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 557-565

  Gaunt, Michael ^a   Miles, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Didelphis; Ecotopes; Edentates; Evolution; Marsupials; Palms; Phylogenetics; Rhodnius; Triatomine bugs; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BELMINUS HERRERI; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; EDENTATA; ERATYRUS MUCRONATUS; METATHERIA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS LIGNARIUS; PRIMATES; RHODNIUS; RODENTIA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA TIBIAMACULATA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NESTING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RHODNIUS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENY; RHODNIUS; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0034222715     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762000000400019     Document Type: Article

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