Geographical characterization of the triatomine infestations in north-central Guatemala

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-315

  Nakagawa, J ^a   Juarez J ^b   Nakatsuji, K ^a   Akiyama, T ^a   Hernandez, G ^c   Macal, R ^c   Flores, C ^c   Ortiz, M ^c   Marroquin L ^c   Bamba, T ^a   Wakai, S ^d  

^a JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Pan American Health Organization   (Guatemala)

^c Laboratorio Nacional de Salud de Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GUATEMALA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MIGRATION; REVIEW; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; GUATEMALA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 20244383596     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485905X29684     Document Type: Review

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