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Susceptibility of Triatoma infestans to deltamethrin in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

2009; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 104; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02762009000400025

ISSN

1678-8060

Autores

Ivan Vieira Sonoda, Grasiele Caldas D'Ávila Pessoa, Mirko Rojas Cortez, João Carlos Pinto Dias, Álvaro J. Romanha, Liléia Diotaiuti,

Tópico(s)

Research on Leishmaniasis Studies

Resumo

Strategies for controlling Chagas disease are based on spraying infested houses with pyrethroid insecticides. However, the intense use of these insecticides has promoted resistance of Triatoma infestans and, in Argentina, Bolivia and Southern Brazil, low levels of resistance have been reported. Due to the persistence of T. infestans in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), we evaluated the occurrence of deltamethrin resistance in four strains from different municipalities in comparison to two susceptible strains from Brazil and one resistant strain from Bolivia. The results indicated the absence of resistance in T. infestansfrom RS.

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