Control of pyrethroid-resistant Chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi.

• Published in: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• Main Authors: Nicolás Pedrini, Sergio J Mijailovsky, Juan R Girotti, Raúl Stariolo, Rubén M Cardozo, Alberto Gentile, M Patricia Juárez
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Argentina; Chaco
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000434; https://doaj.org/article/e3711d8304cd4a50996d9d332d425a56

BACKGROUND: Triatoma infestans-mediated transmission of Tripanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, remains as a major health issue in southern South America. Key factors of T. infestans prevalence in specific areas of the geographic Gran Chaco region-which extends through northern Arg...