Risk presented by Copernicia prunifera palm trees in the Rhodnius nasutus distribution in a chagas disease-endemic area of the Brazilian northeast

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 750-754

  Lima, Marli M ^a   Coutinho, Carolina F S ^a   Gomes, Taís F ^a   Oliveira, Tiago G ^a   Duarte, Rosemere ^a   Borges Pereira, José ^a   Bóia, Márcio N ^a   Sarquis, Otília ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INFESTATION; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PALM TREE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SEASON; TREE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBAN AREA;

COPERNICIA PRUNIFERA; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 55849086216     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2008.79.750     Document Type: Article

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