Biology of three species of North American Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) fed on rabbits

Aspects related to hatching, lifetime, number of blood meals for molting, mortality, feeding time, and postfeeding defecation delay were evaluated and compared in each instar of three North American Triatominae: Triatoma gerstaeckeri, Triatoma lecticularia and Triatoma protracta, all of them fed on...

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Main Authors: José Alejandro Martínez-Ibarra, Ricardo Alejandre-Aguilar, Edgar Paredes-González, Miguel Alejandro Martínez-Silva, Miriam Solorio-Cibrián, Benjamín Nogueda-Torres, Francisco Trujillo-Contreras, Mónica Novelo-López
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2007-12-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762007000800006