Cuticular hydrocarbons of Chagas disease vectors in Mexico

Capillary gas-liquid chromatography was used to analyse the cuticular hydrocarbons of three triatomine species, Triatoma dimidiata, T. barberi and Dipetalogaster maxima, domestic vectors of Chagas disease in Mexico. Mixtures of saturated hydrocarbons of straight and methyl-branched chains were chara...

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Main Authors: M Patricia Juárez, David A Carlson, Paz María Salazar Schettino, Sergio Mijailovsky, Gloria Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2002-09-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762002000600012