Microdistribution of sylvatic triatomine populations in central-coastal ecuador

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-88

  Suarez Davalos, Victoria ^a   Dangles, Olivier ^a,b   Villacis, Anita G ^a   Grijalva, Mario J ^a,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Ecuador; Random sampling; Sylvatic habitat; Triatomine ecology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOUSING; HUMAN; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; ECUADOR; HOUSING; HUMANS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES; TRIATOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

PANSTRONGYLUS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS STRAMINEUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 75149162073     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/033.047.0111     Document Type: Article

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