Excito-repellency effect of deltamethrin on triatomines under laboratory conditions

This work demonstrates that deltamethrin in low doses produces an excito-repellency effect on triatomines, as already observed for mosquitoes. A wooden box covered with a cloth impregnated with deltamethrin at doses of 2.5 and 5mg ai/m² was utilized for the experiment. The triatomine species studied...

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Main Authors: Diotaiuti Liléia, Penido Claysson Marques, Araújo Holbiano Saraiva de, Schofield Christopher John, Pinto Cláudio Teixeira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2000-01-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822000000300002