Attraction of Chagas disease vectors (Triatominae) to artificial light sources in the canopy of primary Amazon rainforest

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1061-1064

  Castro, Marcelo C M ^a   Barrett, Toby V ^a   Santos, Walter S ^b   Abad Franch, Fernando ^b   Rafael, José A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO LEÔNIDAS E MARIA DEANE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon rainforest; Chagas disease; Light trapping; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

ERATYRUS MUCRONATUS; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS GENICULATUS; PANSTRONGYLUS LIGNARIUS; PANSTRONGYLUS RUFOTUBERCULATUS; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PICTIPES; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 78650823488     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800019     Document Type: Article

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