High household infestation rates by synanthropic vectors of Chagas disease in southern Ecuador

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 68-74

  Grijalva, M J ^a,b   Palomeque Rodriguez F S ^b   Costales, J A ^a   Davila, S ^c   Arcos Teran, L ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Catholic University   (Ecuador)

^c PLAN Internacional   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Ecuador; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis; Triatoma carrioni; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

INSECTA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS CHINAI; PANSTRONGYLUS RUFOTUBERCULATUS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 12844281301     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.1.68     Document Type: Review

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