| palm trees and chagas' disease in panama. | an ecological survey of triatomines in the sylvan ecosystem of the canal zone and selected sites in panama disclosed for the first time a close association of rhodnius pullescens and triatoma dimidiata, the two most important vector species of chagas' disease in panama, with a single species of a widely distributed palm tree, scheelea zonensis. this association may explain why chagas' disease is prevalent in certain rural communities in central panama and rare in others. an immense focus of zoon ... | 1978 | 102210 |