Presence of Rhodnius ecuadoriensis in sylvatic habitats in the southern highlands (loja province) of ecuador

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 708-711

  Grijalva, M J ^a,b   Villacis, A G ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Ecuador; Rhodniw ecuadoriensis; Sciurus stramineus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AVES; PHYTELEPHAS AEQUATORIALIS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS STRAMINEUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA;

EID: 67650172595     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0339     Document Type: Article

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