Cuticular hydrocarbons of Chagas disease vectors in Mexico

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 819-827

  Juárez, M Patricia ^c   Carlson, David A ^a   Schettino, Paz María Salazar ^b   Mijailovsky, Sergio ^c   Rojas, Gloria ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOQUÍMICAS DE LA PLATA INIBIOLP   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Cuticular hydrocarbons; Dipetalogaster; Gas chromatography; Mexico; Triatoma

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PARASITOLOGY; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEXICO; TRIATOMA; WING;

EID: 0036726432     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000600012     Document Type: Article

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