Treatment of chickens with fluralaner induced mortality in pyrethroid-resistant Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera, Triatominae).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Residual spraying with pyrethroid insecticides is still the main strategy used to prevent vector-borne transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas disease. The emergence of resistance to these insecticides in triatomine populations associated with vector control failure highlights the need to evaluate alternative tools, such as xenointoxication. Chickens serve as important blood meal sources and are positively associated with triatomine abundance. Therefore, several endectocides have been tested in chickens, with fluralaner exhibiting the best results. However, the effect of treating chickens with fluralaner has not been evaluated in pyrethroid-resistant triatomines. Here, we aimed to assess the efficacy and duration of the lethal effect of flurala

SUBMITTER: Rocha-Bazan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462107 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature