Enduring extreme climate: Effects of severe drought on Triatoma brasiliensis populations in wild and man-made habitats of the Caatinga

BACKGROUND: Triatoma brasiliensis, a triatomine-bug vector of Chagas disease, evolved in the semiarid Caatinga, where it occupies rocky outcrops, shrubby cacti, and human dwellings. Dwellings and rocks are considered high-quality microhabitats for this saxicolous species, whereas cacti probably repr...

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Autores principales: Ribeiro, Antonia C., Sarquis, Otília, Lima, Marli M., Abad-Franch, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31600199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007766

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6805010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31600199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007766

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