The Chagas vector, Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), is panmictic within and among adjacent villages in Guatemala

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 436-440

  Dorn, Patricia L ^a   Melgar, Sergio ^a,b   Rouzier, Vanessa ^a   Gutierrez, Astrid ^a   Combe, Crescent ^a   Rosales, Regina ^a,b   Rodas, Antonieta ^a,b   Kott, Sarah ^a   Salvia, Debra ^a   Monroy, Carlota M ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Chagas; Guatemala; Population genetics; Triatoma dimidiata; Vector control

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 1642302656     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.436     Document Type: Article

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