Association of anthropogenic land use change and increased abundance of the Chagas disease vector Rhodnius pallescens in a rural landscape of Panama

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-77

  Gottdenker, Nicole L ^a   Calzada, José E ^b   Saldaña, Azäel ^b   Carroll, C Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; HABITAT; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PALLESCENS; RURAL AREA; TROPICAL RAIN FOREST; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMALIA; ATTALEA BUTYRACEA; RHODNIUS PALLESCENS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; PANAMA; POPULATION DENSITY; RHODNIUS; SOCIAL PLANNING;

EID: 79952268503     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0041     Document Type: Article

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