The opossum Didelphis virginiana as a synanthropic reservoir of Trypanosoma cruzi in Dzidzilché, Yucatán, México

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 613-620

  Ruiz Piña, Hugo A ^a   Cruz Reyes, Alejandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Didelphis virginiana; Epidemiology; M xico; Synanthropic reservoir; Trypanosoma cruzi; Yucat n

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEXICO; MOUSE; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; MEXICO; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OPOSSUMS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036632270     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000500003     Document Type: Article

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