Mapping of the distribution of Trypanosoma cruzi infection among small wild mammals in a conservation unit and its surroundings (Northeast-Brazil)

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-128

  Xavier, S C C ^a   Vaz, V C ^a   D'Andrea, P S ^a   Herrera, L ^a   Emperaire, L ^c   Alves, J R ^c   Fernandes, O ^a   Ferreira, L F ^b   Jansen, A M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^c LIRD au Bresil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecoepidemiology; Geographical Information System GIS; Semi arid ecosystems; Triatomines; Trypanosoma cruzi; Wild reservoir

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FAUNA; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; CARNIVORA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MARSUPIALIA; RODENTIA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

DIDELPHIS ALBIVENTRIS; MAMMALIA; THRICHOMYS; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRIATOMA SORDIDA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 33847754676     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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