A new tactic for Triatoma infestans control: Fabrics impregnated with beta-cypermethrin

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Wood, Edgardo ^a   De Licastro, Susana A ^a   Casabé, Norma ^a   Picollo, María Inés ^a   Alzogaray, Raúl ^a   Zerba, Eduardo Nicolás ^a  

^a Centro de Investigaciones de Plagas e Insecticidas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

CHAGAS DISEASE; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; PEST CONTROL; PYRETHROID;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BED; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLOTHING; COTTON; DRUG EFFICACY; INSECT CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; WOOL;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0032818235     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49891999000600001     Document Type: Article

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