Is Rhodnius nasutus (Hemiptera; Reduviidae) changing its habitat as a consequence of human activity?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 797-800

  Lima, M M ^a   Sarquis, O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; SOIL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARECACEAE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRYSOBALANACEAE; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; RHODNIUS;

COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA; HEMIPTERA; LICANIA RIGIDA; PROTOZOA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS NASUTUS;

EID: 39849092107     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0823-1     Document Type: Article

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