Field ecology of sylvatic Rhodnius populations (Heteroptera, Triatominae): Risk factors for palm tree infestation in western Ecuador

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1258-1266

  Abad Franch, F ^a,b   Palomeque, F S ^c   Aguilar, V H M ^d,e,f   Miles, M A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^d Instituto Nacional De Higiene Y Medicina Tropical 'Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez' Zona Norte   (Ecuador)

^e Instituto Juan Cesar Garcia   (Ecuador)

^f Instituto Nacional de Higiene y Medicina Tropical   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Ecology; Ecuador; Palm trees; Rhodnius; Sylvatic populations; Trypanosoma cruzi transmission

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSMITTANCE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ECUADOR; HETEROPTERA; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; RHODNIUS; RISK FACTOR; TREE; TRIATOMINAE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PLANT DISEASES; RHODNIUS; RISK FACTORS; TREES;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

HETEROPTERA; PHYTELEPHAS AEQUATORIALIS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 29044446391     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01511.x     Document Type: Article

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