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SUBMITTER: Fitzpatrick S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2651431 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Fitzpatrick S S Watts P C PC Feliciangeli M D MD Miles M A MA Kemp S J SJ
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases 20081117 2
Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of Chagas disease in Venezuela, where it is found colonising rural housing consisting of unplastered adobe walls with palm and/or metal roofs. Vector control failure in Venezuela may be due to the invasion of houses by silvatic populations of R. prolixus found in palms. As part of a study to determine if domestic and silvatic populations of R. prolixus are isolated, thus clarifying the role of silvatic populations in maintaining house infestations, we constru ...[more]