First report of colonies of sylvatic Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in the Paraguayan Chaco, using a trained dog

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Rolón, Miriam ^a   Vega, María Celeste ^a   Román, Fabiola ^a   Gómez, Ana ^a   de Arias, Antonieta Rojas ^a  

^a Ctro Para el Desarrollo de la Invest Cientifica Fundacion Moises Bertoni Laboratorio Diaz Gill   (Paraguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; ASPIDOSPERMA; ASPIDOSPERMA QUEBRACHO BLANCO; DOG; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; INFESTATION; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANISM COLONY; PARAGUAY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA GUASAYANA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMA SORDIDA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TREE; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DOGS; ENTOMOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARAGUAY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES; TRIATOMA;

EID: 79958014995     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001026     Document Type: Article

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