Feeding and defecation patterns of Rhodnius nasutus (Hemiptera; Reduviidae), a triatomine native to an area endemic for Chagas disease in the State of Ceará, Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 651-655

  Oliveira, Tiago G ^a   Carvalho Costa, Filipe A ^a   Sarquis, Otília ^a   Lima, Marli M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFECATION HABIT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS NASUTUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEFECATION; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NYMPH; RHODNIUS;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS NASUTUS;

EID: 70349751790     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.08-0590     Document Type: Article

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