First report of occurrence of Triatoma williami Galvão, Souza e Lima, 1965 naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi Chagas, 1909 in the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-246

  Arrais Silva, Wagner Welber ^a   Rodrigues, Robert Senatore Vargas ^a   de Moraes, Leonardo Nazario ^a   Venere, Paulo Cesar ^a   Lunardi, Rosaline Rocha ^a   Souza, Issakar Lima ^a   de Souza Souto, Paula Cristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Control vector; Triatoma williami; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHAGAS DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA WILLIAMI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84855308643     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(11)60040-6     Document Type: Article

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