Search
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
Chagas' disease: Risk factors for house infestation by Triatoma dimidiata, the major vector of Trypanosoma cruzi in Costa Rica
(The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health., 1991)
The reduction of domiciliary infestation by insect vectors, the key to controlling Chagas' disease, depends on identification of housing features associated with infestation. In this study, log-linear modeling was used to ...
Morfologia externa de Triatoma ryckmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972 vista através da microscopia eletrônica de Varredura
(Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1996-12)
External Morphology of Triatoma rickmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972 by Scanning Electron Mi croscopy - A male of Triatoma ryckmani Zeledón & Ponce, 1972, was studied by scanning electron
microscopy. Only few specimens of this ...
Zymodeme and serodeme characterization of Leishmania Isolates obtained from Costa Rican patients
(Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-05)
Human leishmaniasis is widespread through-
out Central America and constitutes an important
public health problem. Annual incidence is esti-
mated to be about 20,000 cases (Carreira et al.
1995), of which 4,000 to ...