Genetics and evolution of triatomines: From phylogeny to vector control

Heredity

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 190-202

  Gourbiere S ^a,b   Dorn, P ^c   Tripet, F ^d   Dumonteil, E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; community epidemiology; phylogeny; population genetics; Trypanosoma

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; TRIATOMINAE;

ANIMALS; CHAGAS DISEASE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; TRIATOMINAE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84857236272     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2011.71     Document Type: Review

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