Temporal Change of the Aggregation Response in Triatoma infestans

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 889-892

  Lorenzo Figueiras, Alicia Nieves ^a   Lazzari, Claudio Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregation behaviour; Chagas; Temporal change; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT VECTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0034321744     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762000000600026     Document Type: Article

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