| feeding patterns of triatoma longipennis usinger (hemiptera, reduviidae) in peridomestic habitats of a rural community in jalisco state, mexico. | we analyzed triatomine blood feeding patterns to evaluate the role of peridomiciles in trypanosoma cruzi transmission at the rural village of tepehuaje de morelos at jalisco state, mexico (1999). a total of 206 bugs were collected in 11 out of 26 households (42.3%). nymphs predominated in the collections (64.9% of the total). except for one triatoma barberi female, a species that belongs to the protracta species complex, all adults were triatoma longipennis, a species of the phyllosoma complex. ... | 2004 | 15605639 |
| evaluation of risk factors for rural infestation by triatoma pallidipennis (hemiptera: triatominae), a mexican vector of chagas disease. | control of chagas disease requires control of its triatomine vectors, which requires an understanding of the determinants of infestation. twenty-seven household environmental characteristics in the town of chalcatzingo, morelos, were analyzed for association with infestation by triatoma pallidipennis, the predominant local vector. data were obtained through timed household searches for triatomines and surveys that characterized intradomicile and peridomicile environments. of the households surve ... | 2004 | 15311472 |
| seasonal occurrence of ctenocephalides felis felis and ctenocephalides canis (siphonaptera: pulicidae) infesting dogs and cats in an urban area in cuernavaca, mexico. | the seasonal occurrence of ctenocephalides felis felis (bouché and ctenocephalides canis (curtis) infestation on dogs and cats in cuernavaca city in mexico, was determined by examining 1,803 dogs and 517 cats at two veterinary clinics during 1995-1997. the overall flea infestation was 30.3 and 30.1% for dogs and cats, respectively. there were no significant differences (p > 0.05) in percentage of infestation among years for both hosts. the infestation was somewhat higher in spring, summer, and a ... | 2001 | 11268680 |