Sampling Rhodnius neglectus in Mauritia flexuosa palm trees: A field study in the Brazilian savanna

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 347-350

  Gurgel Goncalves R ^a   Palma, A R T ^b   Menezes, M N A ^a   Leite, R N ^a   Cuba, César Augusto Cuba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bras lia; Brazil; Brazilian savanna; Mauritia flexuosa; Palm trees; Rhodnius neglectus; Sampling methods; Triatomine bugs; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

INSECT; SAMPLING; SAVANNA;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; ARECACEAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0141574251     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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