Effects of Non-Susceptible Hosts on the Infection with Trypanosoma cruzi of the Vector Triatoma infestans: An Experimental Model

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 413-419

  Vázquez, Diego P ^a,c   Canale, Delmi ^b   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Nacional de Chagas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Host feeding patterns; Infection; Transmission; Triatoma infestans; Triatominae; Trypanosoma cruzi; Zooprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

CAVIA; GALLUS GALLUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHICKEN; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUINEA PIG; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; TIME; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GUINEA PIGS; INSECT VECTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0041630534     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761999000300024     Document Type: Article

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