Abundance of Mepraia spinolai in a periurban zone of Chile

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 285-287

  Cattan, Pedro E ^a   Pinochet, Angélica ^a   Botto Mahan, Carezza ^a   Acuña, Mariana I ^a   Canals, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chile; Mepraia spinolai; Population density; Relative abundance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 0036548328     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300001     Document Type: Article

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