Reassessing the entomological investigation around the first autochthonous case of Chagas disease in Western Brazilian Amazon

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-123

  Fé, Nelson Ferreira ^a   França, Menabarreto Segadilha ^b   Carvalho Costa, Filipe Anibal ^c  

^a FUNDAÇÃO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL DR HEITOR VIEIRA DOURADO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Chagas disease; Triatomines

Indexed keywords

RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PICTIPES; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 62549114437     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000100019     Document Type: Article

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