Triatoma dominicana sp. n. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), and Trypanosoma antiquus sp. n. (Stercoraria: Trypanosomatidae), the first fossil evidence of a triatomine-trypanosomatid vector association

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-81

  Poinar Jr , George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient diseases; Dominican amber; Hematophagous hemipteran

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR; AMBER;

ABDOMEN; ANTENNA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL; GENUS; HAIR; HEMIPTERA; HOST; MAMMAL; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUVIIDAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VERTEBRA; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

HEMIPTERA; MAMMALIA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

AMBER; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE VECTORS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FOSSILS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; INSECT VECTORS; PHYLOGENY; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 19644364625     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2005.5.72     Document Type: Article

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