Kissing Bugs. The Vectors of Chagas

Advances in Parasitology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2011, Pages 169-192

  Stevens, Lori ^a   Dorn, Patricia L ^b   Schmidt, Justin O ^c   Klotz, John H ^d   Lucero, David ^a   Klotz, Stephen A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^c Southwest Biomedical Research Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Reduviidae; Triatoma infestans; Triatominae; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

BOOK; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLADISTICS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; URBANIZATION;

HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 79960973281     PISSN: 0065308X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385863-4.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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