Could the bug triatoma sherlocki be vectoring chagas disease in small mining communities in Bahia, Brazil?

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-417

  Almeida, C E ^a   Folly Ramos, E ^a,b   Peterson, A T ^c   Lima Neiva, V ^a   Gumiel, M ^a   Duarte, R ^a   Lima, M M ^a   Locks, M ^d   BeltrAo M ^d   Costa, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Domiciliation; Geographic distribution; Triatoma sherlocki

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENTOMOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INSECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 68949197451     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00822.x     Document Type: Article

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