Geographical Variation of Deltamethrin Susceptibility of<i>Triatoma infestans</i>(Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in Argentina With Emphasis on a Resistant Focus in the Gran Chaco

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Chagas disease is one of the most important parasitic infections in Latin America. The main vector of the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi in America is Triatoma infestans, a blood-sucking triatomine bug who is widely distributed in the Gran Chaco ecoregion. Control programs in endemic countries are focused in the elimination of triatomine vectors with pyrethroid insecticides. However, chemical control has failed in...

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