Field trials of an improved cost-effective device for detecting peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Rural Argentina

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 971-977

  Vazquez Prokopec, G M ^a   Ceballos, L A ^a   Salomon O D ^b   Gurtler R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Admin Nac Laboratorios I   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas disease; Sampling; Surveillance; Triatoma infestans; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRIATOMA; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0036781611     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000700008     Document Type: Article

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