New insights on the spread of Triatoma infestans from Bolivia-Implications for Chagas disease emergence in the Southern Cone

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 350-353

  Cortez, M R ^a   Monteiro, F A ^b   Noireau, F ^c,d  

^a Programa Nacional de Control de Chagas PNCCH   (Bolivia)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Chagas disease; Dispersal; Sylvatic focus; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTICATION; GUINEA PIG; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; TRIATOMA; ZEA MAYS;

CAVIA; HEXAPODA; RODENTIA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77149146171     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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