Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) as vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 331-335

  Salazar, Renzo ^a   Castillo Neyra, Ricardo ^b   Tustin, Aaron W ^c   Borrini Mayorí, Katty ^a   Náquira, César ^a   Levy, Michael Z ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CIMEX; DEFECATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE; XENODIAGNOSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION;

CIMEX LECTULARIUS; CIMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; MUS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; CHAGAS DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84922280632     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: 14761645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0483     Document Type: Article

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