The impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of two vectors of chagas disease: Implications for the force of infection

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1665, 2015, Pages 1-12

  Medone, Paula ^a   Ceccarelli, Soledad ^a   Parham, Paul E ^b,c   Figuera, Andreìna ^d   Rabinovich, Jorge E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Climate change; Climatic modelling; Force of infection; Rhodnius prolixus; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE VECTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INSECT; PARASITE;

ARGENTINA; LATIN AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; REDUVIIDAE; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; HUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; TRIATOMINAE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRIATOMINAE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 84923017873     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0560     Document Type: Article

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