Differences of susceptibility of five triatomine species to pyrethroid insecticides - implications for Chagas disease vector control

As pyrethroids are presently the favored group of insecticides to control triatomines, we performed a series of bioassays to determine the intrinsic activity of some of the main compounds used in the control campaigns, against five of the main species of triatomines to be controlled. Comparing the i...

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Main Author: Alfredo Martins de Oliveira Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1999-09-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761999000700084