Publications

epizootiology of trypanosoma cruzi in southwestern north america. ix. an investigation to determine the incidence of trypanosoma cruzi infections in triatominae and man on the yucatan peninsula of mexico.		1967	4965338
feeding preferences of triatoma dimidiata maculipennis in yucatan, mexico.	to determine whether a low preference for human blood by triatoma dimidiata maculipennis stal, 1859, the only known vector of chagas' disease in yucatan, mexico, would account for the low prevalence of antibodies to trypanosoma cruzi in man in the area, the intestinal contents of 924 bugs were tested against antisera to blood antigens of chicken, opossum, dog, bat, monkey, pig, goat, rabbit, horse, human, rat, ox, cat, and armadillo. although the chicken was the primary host, man was fed upon fr ...	1977	320892
the opossum didelphis virginiana as a synanthropic reservoir of trypanosoma cruzi in dzidzilché, yucatán, méxico.	in méxico, the role of mammals in the transmission cycle of trypanosoma cruzi is poorly known. in the state of yucatán, an endemic area of chagas disease, both didelphis virginiana and d. marsupialis occur sympatrically. however, until now, only the former species had been found infected with t. cruzi. to evaluate the role of d. virginiana in a peridomestic transmission, nine periods of capture-recapture were performed around the village of dzidzilché, yucatán. the sex, age, reproductive status, ...	2002	12219121