Commercial coconut palm as an ecotope of Chagas disease vectors in north-eastern Venezuela
Background & objective: There are few reports of Coccus nucifera (Palmae) infestation by triatomines (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae), vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), the causal agent of American Trypanosomiasis. The aim of this study was to determine if...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Vector Borne Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mrcindia.org/journal/issues/472076.pdf |