Biological Control of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans with the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana Combined with an Aggregation Cue: Field, Laboratory and Mathematical Modeling Assessment.

• Published in: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Lucas Forlani, Nicolás Pedrini, Juan R Girotti, Sergio J Mijailovsky, Rubén M Cardozo, Alberto G Gentile, Carlos M Hernández-Suárez, Jorge E Rabinovich, M Patricia Juárez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003778; https://doaj.org/article/030b3cb8ee1b4eb0b400d53f175bbe19

BACKGROUND:Current Chagas disease vector control strategies, based on chemical insecticide spraying, are growingly threatened by the emergence of pyrethroid-resistant Triatoma infestans populations in the Gran Chaco region of South America. METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS:We have already shown that the ent...