Background The elimination of Triatoma infestans, the main domestic vector of
Trypanosoma cruzi, is lagging behind expectations in the Gran Chaco region. We …

Materials and Methods: The adult stages of P. h. capitis were collected from patients
exposed to 1% permethrin and three different concentrations of 6-paradol (0.00005 …

Chagas disease affects around 6 million people in the world, and in Latin America, it is
mainly transmitted by the kissing bug. Chemical control of the vector with pyrethroid …

Background Indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides is a key method to reduce vector
transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, causing Chagas disease in a large part of South …

Bed bugs have become a common urban pest with consequences on human health and
economic costs to the hotel and tourism sectors. Insecticide resistance is considered an …

Objective Failure to control domestic Triatoma infestans in the Chaco is attributed to
vulnerable adobe construction, which provides vector refuges and diminishes insecticide …

Triatoma species from the phyllosoma subcomplex are sympatrically distributed and include
some of the main vectors of Chagas disease in Mexico. Species within this subcomplex …

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is a morphometric tool used to measure developmental
instability in organisms which have been exposed to stress or other adverse conditions …

Although having five different ways of transmission the vector‐borne is the principal way of
transmission of Chagas disease, which involves insects of the subfamily Triatominae …

Pyrethroids are the most widely used insecticides for controlling insect vectors carrying
medically and economically significant pathogens. In Colombia, studies on triatomine …