Climatic factors influencing triatomine occurrence in Central-West Brazil

We estimated the geographic distributions of triatomine species in Central-West Region of Brazil (CW) and analysed the climatic factors influencing their occurrence. A total of 3,396 records of 27 triatomine species were analysed. Using the maximum entropy method, ecological niche models were produc...

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Main Authors: Joyce Mendes Pereira, Paulo Silva de Almeida, Adair Vieira de Sousa, Aecio Moraes de Paula, Ricardo Bomfim Machado, Rodrigo Gurgel-Goncalves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-05-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000300335&lng=en&tlng=en