Commercial coconut palm as an ecotope of chagas disease vectors in north-eastern Venezuela

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 76-84

  Morocoima, A ^a   Chique, J ^a   Zavala Jaspe, R ^b   Diaz Bello Z ^b   Ferrer, E ^c   Urdaneta Morales, S ^d   Herrera, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^d FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Coccus nucifera; Ecotope; Rhodnius prolixus; Triatoma maculata; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCONUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOTYPE; HEMOLYMPH; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RURAL AREA; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA MACULATA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; COCOS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PLANT DISEASES; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VENEZUELA;

EID: 77954823815     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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