Ecological control of Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811): Five years after a Costa Rican pilot project

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 619-621

  Zeledón, Rodrigo ^a   Rojas, Julio C ^a   Urbina, Andrea ^a   Cordero, Marlen ^a   Gamboa, Sue H ^a   Lorosa, Elias S ^b   Alfaro, Sergio ^a  

^a Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Ecological control; Triatoma dimidiata

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA;

EID: 54349107458     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762008000600020     Document Type: Article

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