Microgeographic spatial structuring of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) populations using wing geometric morphometry in the Argentine Chaco

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 504-514

  Gaspe, M S ^a   Schachter Broide, J ^a   Gurevitz, J M ^a   Kitron, U ^b   Gurtler R E ^a   Dujardin, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

geometric morphometry; population structure; reinfestation; Triatoma infestans; vector control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMIPTERA; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WING;

HEMIPTERA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 84861123267     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11176     Document Type: Article

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