Feeding frequency and nutritional status of peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans from Argentina

Acta Tropica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 275-281

  Lopez A ^a   Crocco, L ^a   Morales, G ^a   Catala S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Chicken nests; Feeding frequency; Nutritional status; Reproductive status; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; INFECTION RATE; INSECT BITE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHICKENS; DOGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ARGENTINA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0344718064     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(99)00039-X     Document Type: Article

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