Distribution of Pyrethroid Resistant Populations of Triatoma infestans in the Southern Cone of South America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A number of studies published during the last 15 years showed the occurrence of insecticide resistance in Triatoma infestans populations. The different toxicological profiles and mechanisms of resistance to insecticides is due to a genetic base and environmental factors, being the insecticide selective pressure the best studied among the last factors. The studies on insecticide resistance on T. infestans did not consider the effect of environmental factors that may influence the distribution of resistance to pyrethroid insecticides. To fill this knowledge gap, the present study aims at studying the association between the spatial distribution of pyrethroid resistant populations of T. infestans and environmental variables.

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SUBMITTER: Bustamante Gomez M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4805280 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature