Two distinct Triatoma dimidiata (Latreille, 1811) taxa are found in sympatry in Guatemala and Mexico

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Dorn, Patricia L ^a   Calderon, Claudia ^b   Melgar, Sergio ^b   Moguel, Barbara ^c   Solorzano, Elizabeth ^c   Dumonteil, Eric ^d   Rodas, Antonieta ^c   De la Rua, Nick ^a   Garnica, Roberto ^c   Monroy, Carlota ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; BELIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GUATEMALA; HONDURAS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NICARAGUA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GUATEMALA; INSECT VECTORS; MEXICO; TRIATOMA;

EID: 65549145867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000393     Document Type: Article

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