Flight dispersal of the Chagas disease vectors Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata in northeastern Brazil

Acta Tropica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-119

  Carbajal de la Fuente, Ana L ^a   Minoli, Sebastian A ^b,c   Lopes, Catarina M ^a   Noireau, François ^d   Lazzari, Claudio R ^c   Lorenzo, Marcelo G ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^c Parc Grandmont   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Flight; Light traps; Northeastern Brazil; Sampling; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LIGHT EFFECT; SAMPLING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT);

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEVICE; DISEASE CARRIER; FLIGHT; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRIATOMA PSEUDOMACULATA;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TRIATOMA;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRIATOMA PSEUDOMACULATA; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 33847616203     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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