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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060
EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 105, No. 3, 2010, pp. 348-352
Bioline Code: oc10060
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 105, No. 3, 2010, pp. 348-352

 en Susceptibility of Triatoma brasiliensis check for this species in other resources from state of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil, to the pyrethroid deltamethrin
Sonoda, Ivan Vieira; Dias, Letícia Sena; Bezerra, Cláudia Mendonça; Dias, João Carlos Pinto; Romanha, Alvaro José & Diotaiuti, Liléia

Abstract

After controlling Triatoma infestans check for this species in other resources in Brazil, other species of triatomine that were considered minor in the transmission of Chagas disease became important. The persistence of Triatoma brasiliensis check for this species in other resources in Northeastern Brazil, associated with reinfection of domestic environments recently sprayed with pyrethroids, may be a signal of susceptibility alteration of this species to this insecticide. Specimens of T. brasiliensis from the municipality of Tauá, state of Ceará, were captured before and one year after spraying. They were submitted to bioassays using deltamethrin. The LD50 ranged from 0.19-0.33 ng of deltamethrin/nymph. The resistance ratio among samples from Tauá varied from 1.16-1.79 in the samples captured before the spraying and 1.00-1.74 in the samples captured one year after spraying, demonstrating that the two populations were equally susceptible to deltamethrin. The small difference in susceptibility between the two captures suggests that T. brasiliensis obtained in the second capture are from new invasions of the domestic environment and that the insecticide did not select resistant individuals. Therefore, it is suggested that T. brasiliensis control be carried out supplementing the regular use of pyrethroids with complementary measures, such as improvement of the dwellings and health education.

Keywords
Triatoma brasiliensis, pyrethroids resistance, Chagas disease, state of Ceará

 
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