%0 Journal Article
%T The use and mis-use of some ecological terms and concepts in epidemiology
%A Avila-Pires
%A Fernando D.
%J Mem¨®rias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
%D 1995
%I Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de
%R 10.1590/S0074-02761995000500003
%X the article discusses the current use and mis-use of ecological terms and concepts in epidemiological literature, and in special, in works dealing with zoonotic diseases. a selection of examples was taken from papers recently published on the transmission of chagas' disease by triatoma sordida. proper definitions are listed, with the intent of helping non-ecologists to use those terms and concepts correctly.
%K triatoma sordida
%K ecology
%K chagas' disease
%K epidemiology.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0074-02761995000500003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en