Geographic Distribution and Morphometric Differentiation of Triatoma nitida Usinger 1939 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in Guatemala

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-43

  Monroy, Carlota ^a   Bustamante, Dulce María ^a   Rodas, Antonieta ^a   Rosales, Regina ^a   Mejía, Mildred ^a   Tabaru, Yuichiro ^b  

^a Ciudad Universitaria   (Guatemala)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Altitudinal distribution; Chagas disease; Geographic distribution; Guatemala; Morphometrics; Triatoma nitida

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE; DEFECATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HEMIPTERA; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA NITIDA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HISTOLOGY; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRIATOMA NITIDA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; GUATEMALA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0038621584     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762003000100006     Document Type: Article

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