Chagas disease parasite induces behavioural changes in the kissing bug Mepraia spinolai

Acta Tropica

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-223

  Botto Mahan, Carezza ^a   Cattan, Pedro E ^a   Medel, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Hemiptera; Insect vector; Protozoa; Reduviidae; Triatomine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFINITIVE HOST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFECATION; FEMALE; FORAGING; HEMIPTERA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; MALE; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; NYMPH; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MEPRAIA SPINOLAI; PROTOZOA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33745973890     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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