Absence of domestic triatomine colonies in an area of the coastal region of Ecuador where Chagas disease is endemic

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 677-681

  Grijalva, Mario J ^a,b   Palomeque, Francisco S ^b   Villacís, Anita G ^b   Black, Carla L ^c   Arcos Terán, Laura ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylorhynchus fasciatus; Chagas disease; Ecuador; Rhodnius ecuadoriensis; Sylvatic

Indexed keywords

AVES; CAMPYLORHYNCHUS FASCIATUS; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS ECUADORIENSIS; TROGLODYTINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77957240733     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000500013     Document Type: Article

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