Attractant volatiles released by female and male Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), a vector of chagas disease: Chemical analysis and behavioral bioassay

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 191-197

  Fontan, Andrea ^a   Audino, Paola Gonzalez ^a   Martinez, Adriana ^a   Alzogaray, Raul A ^a,b   Zerba, Eduardo N ^a,b   Camps, Francisco ^c   Cork, Alan ^d  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractant; Chagas disease; Pheromone; Triatoma infestans; Triatomine

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

INSECT ATTRACTANTS; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; COPULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CHAGAS DISEASE; COPULATION; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PHEROMONES; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0036370648     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.1.191     Document Type: Article

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