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Examining Mechanisms of Pyrethroid Resistance in Eggs of Two Populations of the Chagas’ Disease Vector Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
24 Jun 2015
Abstract excerpt
Chagas disease is a zoonosis transmitted to man by blood-sucking triatomine bugs found in the Americas. Triatoma infestans (Klug, 1834) is the main vector of Chagas' disease in Argentina. The control of this illness relies heavily on vector control through the use of insecticide. However, resistance to pyrethroid insecticides associated with ineffective field treatments has been increasingly reported in T....
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