Ecohealth interventions limit triatomine reinfestation following insecticide spraying in La Brea, Guatemala

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 630-637

  Lucero, David E ^a   Morrissey, Leslie A ^a   Rizzo, Donna M ^a   Rodas, Antonieta ^b   Garnica, Roberto ^b   Stevens, Lori ^a   Bustamante, Dulce M ^b   Monroy, Maria Carlota ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN CARLOS DE GUATEMALA   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CARRIER; GUATEMALA; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA DIMIDIATA; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 84877116332     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.12-0448     Document Type: Article

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