Microsatellite analysis of genetic structure in natural Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) populations from Argentina: Its implication in assessing the effectiveness of Chagas' disease vector control programmes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1401-1412

  Pérez De Rosas, Alicia R ^a   Segura, Elsa L ^b   García, Beatriz A ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Diagnostico e Investigacion de la Enfermedad de Chagas Dr Mario Fatala Chaben   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chagas' disease vector; Microsatellites; Population genetics; Reinfestations; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33947499862     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03251.x     Document Type: Article

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