[Efficacy of Fipronil in the control of the peridomiciliary cycle of Triatoma infestans in an area resistant to Deltamethrin]

Cad Saude Publica. 2004 Sep-Oct;20(5):1240-8. doi: 10.1590/s0102-311x2004000500018. Epub 2004 Oct 13.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

This study tested the efficacy of liquid Fipronil (1.0%) against Triatoma infestans, administered by pouring on birds and mammals both in laboratory and field conditions. In the laboratory a chicken, dog, and goat were treated with Fipronil, after which deltamethrin-resistant stage III T. infestans nymphs were fed on them. The control group used same-stage nymphs reared in laboratory. During the field phase, Fipronil was used to treat 4 dogs, 1 cat, and 2 broody hens. Intradomiciliary infestation was treated using aerothermics. In laboratory, nymphal mortality was 100.0% after 7 days and 88.8% after 30 days. In the field, there was a 65.4% decrease in the triatomine density rate after 30 days.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cats
  • Chagas Disease / prevention & control
  • Chickens
  • Dogs
  • Drug Evaluation
  • Female
  • Goats
  • Insect Vectors*
  • Insecticide Resistance
  • Insecticides*
  • Nitriles*
  • Nymph / drug effects
  • Pyrazoles*
  • Pyrethrins*
  • Time Factors
  • Triatoma*

Substances

  • Insecticides
  • Nitriles
  • Pyrazoles
  • Pyrethrins
  • decamethrin
  • fipronil