Toxicity of pyrethroids and repellency of diethyltoluamide in two deltamethrin-resistant colonies of Triatoma infestans Klug, 1834 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-94

  Sfara, Valeria ^a,c   Zerba, Eduardo N ^b,c   Alzogaray, Raúl A ^b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^c Conicet ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blood sucking insects; Hyperactivity; Pyrethroid resistance; Repellency; Triatoma infestans

Indexed keywords

HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; REDUVIIDAE; TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33644530409     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000100017     Document Type: Article

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