Response to heat in rhodnius prolixus: The role of the thermal background

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1446-1449

  Fresquet, Nadine ^a   Lazzari, Claudio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Chagas disease vectors; Haematophagous insect; Host orientation; Thermal sense

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; HEAT TRANSFER; HEMOPHAGY; HOST SELECTION; INSECT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL REGION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; RHODNIUS;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; HOT TEMPERATURE; INSECT VECTORS; RHODNIUS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052445567     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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