High resistance to pyrethroid insecticides associated with ineffective field treatments in Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Northern Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 637-642

  Picollo, María Inés ^a   Vassena, Claudia ^a,b   Orihuela, Pablo Santo ^a   Barrios, Silvia ^a   Zaidemberg, Mario ^c   Zerba, Eduardo ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas de Las Fuerzas Armadas   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Ministerio de Salud de la Nacion   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Insecticide resistance; Monooxygenases; Resistance ratios; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 19444373557     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.4.637     Document Type: Article

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