Triatominae-Trypanosoma cruzi/T. rangeli: Vector-parasite interactions

Acta Tropica

Volumn 110, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 137-147

  Vallejo, G A ^a   Guhl, F ^b   Schaub, G A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL TOLIMA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Rhodniini; Symbionts; Triatomini; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli; Vector parasite interactions

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTHROPOD; BACTERIUM; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA; EGG; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN; RNA; SYMBIONT;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; RHODNIUS; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SYMBIONT; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; DISEASE VECTORS; DNA, KINETOPLAST; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LATIN AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI;

EID: 64549137573     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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