Spatiotemporal patterns of reinfestation by Triatoma guasayana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in a rural community of northwestern Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 571-581

  Vazquez Prokopec, Gonzalo M ^a   Cecere, Maria C ^a   Canale, Delmi M ^a,b   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a   Kitron, Uriel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Coordinación Nacional de Control de Vectores ^*  (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Spatial clustering; Spatial statistics; Triatoma guasayana; Vector

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; CHACO; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GUASAYANA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 22844444215     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.571     Document Type: Article

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