Comparative trial of effectiveness of pyrethroid insecticides against peridomestic populations of Triatoma infestans in Northwestern Argentina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 902-909

  Cecere, María Carla ^a   Vázquez Prokopec, Gonzalo M ^a   Ceballos, Leonardo A ^a   Gurevitz, Juan M ^a   Zárate, Joaquín E ^a,b   Zaidenberg, Mario ^a,b   Kitron, Uriel ^a,c   Gürtler, Ricardo E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Programa Nacional de Control de Vectores   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas disease; Peridomestic; Pyrethroid; Triatoma infestans; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; HOUSING; HUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; PERMETHRIN; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRINS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; TRIATOMA;

TRIATOMA INFESTANS;

EID: 33750947836     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[902:CTOEOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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