Competitive displacement in Triatominae: the Triatoma infestans success

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 516-520

  Pereira, Marcos H ^a   Gontijo, Nelder F ^a   Guarneri, Alessandra A ^b   Sant'Anna, Maurício R V ^c   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PANSTRONGYLUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIATOMA;

PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 33749042807     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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