Exploring the role of insect host factors in the dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi-Rhodnius prolixus interactions

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Garcia, Eloi S ^a   Ratcliffe, Norman A ^b   Whitten, Miranda M ^c   Gonzalez, Marcelo S ^d   Azambuja, Patricia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Parasites; Triatomines; Trypanosoma cruzi; Vector

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE VECTOR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INSECT; PARASITE; PARASITISM;

ANIMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33845907673     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2006.10.006     Document Type: Review

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