Identification of bloodmeal sources and Trypanosoma cruzi infection in triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from residential settings in Texas, the United States

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1126-1139

  Kjos, Sonia A ^a,b   Marcet, Paula L ^a   Yabsley, Michael J ^c   Kitron, Uriel ^d   Snowden, Karen F ^e   Logan, Kathleen S ^e   Barnes, John C ^f   Dotson, Ellen M ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Southwest Texas Veterinary Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

bloodmeal analysis; host association; triatomine; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOCHROMES B; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOUSING; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEXAS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84884641438     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME12242     Document Type: Article

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