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Control of Pyrethroid-Resistant Chagas Disease Vectors with Entomopathogenic Fungi
11 May 2009
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Triatoma infestans-mediated transmission of Tripanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, remains as a major health issue in southern South America. Key factors of T. infestans prevalence in specific areas of the geographic Gran Chaco region-which extends through northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay-are both recurrent reinfestations after insecticide spraying and emerging...
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