Competition between vectors of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans and T. sordida: Effects on fecundity and mortality

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-328

  Oscherov, E B ^a   Damborsky, M P ^a   Bar, M E ^a   Gorla, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL NORDESTE   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas disease vector; Chicken nests; Competitive displacement; Congeneric competition; Fecundity; Interspecific competition; Longevity; Mortality rate; Population density; T. sordida; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; FECUNDITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MORTALITY; PEST SPECIES;

ADAPTATION; AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FERTILITY; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIATOMA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHAGAS DISEASE; FERTILITY; INSECT VECTORS; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRIATOMA;

ARGENTINA; CORRIENTES; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GALLUS GALLUS; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMA SORDIDA;

EID: 11144347877     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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