Role of two Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) species in the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) to man in the West Coast of Mexico

From August 1997 to August 1998, 334 specimens of Triatoma longipennis and 62 of T. picturata were collected in four groups of localities placed in the zone from Guadalajara, Jalisco to Tepic, Nayarit, in the West Coast of Mexico. Most T. longipennis were collected outdoors (69.2%) while most T. pic...

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Main Authors: José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Nina Malena Bárcenas-Ortega, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, Milton Lino Rodríguez, Ezequiel Magallón-Gastélum, Víctor López-Martínez, Jesús Romero-Nápoles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2001-02-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762001000200001