Observations on the domestic ecology of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis (triatominae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 199-202

  Abad Franch, F ^a,b   Aguilar, V H M ^b,c   Paucar, C A ^b   Lorosa, E S ^d   Noireau, F ^d,e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst 'Juan Cesar Garcia'   (Ecuador)

^c Inst Nac Higiene y Med Trop L   (Ecuador)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Control; Ecology; Ecuador; Feeding; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS;

EID: 0038640715     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000200010     Document Type: Article

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