Ecology, evolution, and the long-term surveillance of vector-borne Chagas disease: A multi-scale appraisal of the tribe Rhodniini (Triatominae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 159-177

  Abad Franch, Fernando ^a   Monteiro, Fernando A ^b   Jaramillo O , Nicolás ^c   Gurgel Gonçalves, Rodrigo ^d,e   Dias, Fernando Braga Stehling ^b   Diotaiuti, Liléia ^b  

^a INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^d Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE BRASÍLIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Chagas disease surveillance; Ecology; Evolution; Rhodniini; Rhodnius nasutus; Rhodnius neglectus; Species composition; Species richness; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFORESTATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; RHODNIINI; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; TRIATOMINAE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACROCOMIA; ATTALEA; COPERNICIA; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; RHODNIUS NEGLECTUS; SYAGRUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 64549136237     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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