Host-Feeding Patterns of Domiciliary Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Northwest Argentina: Seasonal and Instar Variation

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-26

  Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a,b   Cecere, Maria C ^a   Vazquez, Diego P ^a   Chuit, Roberto ^c   Cohen, Joel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dir de Epidemiologia de la Nacion   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Blood meal sources; Chagas disease; Epidemiology; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS SP.; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HEMIPTERA; OVIS ARIES; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CAT; CHICKEN; DOG; GOAT; HUMAN; SEASON; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ARGENTINA; CATS; CHICKENS; DOGS; GOATS; HUMANS; SEASONS; TRIATOMA;

EID: 0041294883     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.15     Document Type: Article

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