Atlas of Mexican Triatominae (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) and vector transmission of Chagas disease

Atlas of Mexican Triatominae (Reduviidae: Hemiptera) and vector transmission of Chagas disease

Chagas disease is one of the most important yet neglected parasitic diseases in Mexico and is transmitted by Triatominae. Nineteen of the 31 Mexican triatomine species have been consistently found to invade human houses and all have been found to be naturally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The pre...

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Main Authors: Janine M Ramsey, A Townsend Peterson, Oscar Carmona-Castro, David A Moo-Llanes, Yoshinori Nakazawa, Morgan Butrick, Ezequiel Tun-Ku, Keynes de la Cruz-Félix, Carlos N Ibarra-Cerdeña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2015-05-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Triatominae
Mexico
ecological niche models
Trypanosoma cruzi transmission
Chagas disease
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762015000300339&lng=en&tlng=en

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