Title
Comparison of insecticidal paint and deltamethrin against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) feeding and mortality in simulated natural conditions
Date Issued
01 June 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Maloney K.
Niemierko M.
Yukich J.
Keating J.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Abstract
The vector of Chagas disease, Triatoma infestans, is largely controlled by the household application of pyrethroid insecticides. Because effective, large-scale insecticide application is costly and necessitates numerous trained personnel, alternative control techniques are badly needed. We compared the residual effect of organophosphate-based insecticidal paint (Inesfly 5A IGR™ (I5A)) to standard deltamethrin, and a negative control, against T. infestans in a simulated natural environment. We evaluated mortality, knockdown, and ability to take a blood meal among 5th instar nymphs. I5A paint caused significantly greater mortality at time points up to nine months compared to deltamethrin (Fisher's Exact Test, p < 0.01 in all instances). A year following application, mortality among nymphs in the I5A was similar to those in the deltamethrin (χ2 = 0.76, df=1, p < 0.76). At months 0 and 1 after application, fewer nymphs exposed to deltamethrin took a blood meal compared to insects exposed to paint (Fisher's Exact Tests, p < 0.01 and p < 0.01, respectively). Insecticidal paint may provide an easily-applied means of protection against vectors of Chagas disease. © 2013 The Society for Vector Ecology.
Start page
6
End page
11
Volume
38
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología
Ecología
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84878253118
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Vector Ecology
ISSN of the container
19487134
Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - K01AI079162 - NIAID
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