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.

• Main Authors: Lucas Forlani (Author), Nicolás Pedrini (Author), Juan R Girotti (Author), Sergio J Mijailovsky (Author), Rubén M Cardozo (Author), Alberto G Gentile (Author), Carlos M Hernández-Suárez (Author), Jorge E Rabinovich (Author), M Patricia Juárez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...