Genomic Changes of Chagas Disease Vector, South America

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 438-446

  Panzera, Francisco ^a,e   Dujardin, Jean Pierre ^b   Nicolini, Paula ^a   Caraccio, María Noel ^a   Rose, Virginia ^a   Tellez, Tatiana ^c   Bermúdez, Hernán ^c   Bargues, María Dolores ^d   Mas Coma, Santiago ^d   O'Connor, José Enrique ^d   Pérez, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHROMOSOME C BAND; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA CONTENT; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HETEROCHROMATIN; INSECT; MALE; NONHUMAN; SOUTH AMERICA; SURVIVAL; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 12144287695     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1003.020812     Document Type: Article

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