Seasonal variations in active dispersal of natural populations of Triatoma infestans in rural north-western Argentina

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 273-279

  Vazquez Prokopec, G M ^a   Ceballos, L A ^a   Marcet, P L ^a   Cecere, M C ^a   Cardinal, M V ^a   Kitron, U ^b   Gurtler R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Light trap; Seasonal flight; Triatominae; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; DISPERSAL; INSECT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTHROPODA; HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GARCIABESI; TRIATOMA GUASAYANA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 33845672675     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00637.x     Document Type: Article

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