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1 June 2013 Comparison of Insecticidal Paint and Deltamethrin Against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Feeding and Mortality in Simulated Natural Conditions
Kathleen M. Maloney, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, Renzo Salazar, Katty Borrini-Mayori, Malwina Niemierko, Joshua O. Yukich, Cesar Naquira, Joseph A. Keating, Michael Z. Levy
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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.

Kathleen M. Maloney, Jenny Ancca-Juarez, Renzo Salazar, Katty Borrini-Mayori, Malwina Niemierko, Joshua O. Yukich, Cesar Naquira, Joseph A. Keating, and Michael Z. Levy "Comparison of Insecticidal Paint and Deltamethrin Against Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Feeding and Mortality in Simulated Natural Conditions," Journal of Vector Ecology 38(1), 6-11, (1 June 2013). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12003.x
Received: 3 July 2012; Accepted: 30 September 2012; Published: 1 June 2013
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KEYWORDS
blood meal
Chagas disease
deltamethin
Inesfly 5A IGR™
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