| molecular phylogeography of the chagas' disease vector triatoma infestans in argentina. | triatoma infestans is the main vector of chagas' disease in south america between latitudes 10°s and 46°s. a multilocus microsatellite data set of 836 individuals from 27 populations of t. infestans, from all its range of distribution in argentina, was analyzed. our results favor the hypothesis of two independent migration events of colonization in argentina and secondary contacts. the majority of the populations of the western provinces of catamarca, la rioja, san juan and the west of cordoba p ... | 2011 | 21224874 |
| essential oils of medicinal plants from the central andes of argentina: chemical composition, and antifungal, antibacterial, and insect-repellent activities. | the antifungal, antibacterial, and insect-repellent activities of the essential oils (eos) of acantholippia seriphioides, artemisia mendozana, gymnophyton polycephalum, satureja parvifolia, tagetes mendocina, and lippia integrifolia, collected in the central andes area, province of san juan, argentina, were investigated. the dermatophytes microsporum gypseum, trichophyton mentagrophytes, and t. rubrum were inhibited by the eos of g. polycephalum, l. integrifolia, and s. parvifolia, with minimum ... | 2011 | 21560241 |
| geographical variation of deltamethrin susceptibility of triatoma infestans (hemiptera: reduviidae) in argentina with emphasis on a resistant focus in the gran chaco. | chagas disease is one of the most important parasitic infections in latin america. the main vector of the protozoan trypanosoma cruzi in america is triatoma infestans, a blood-sucking triatomine bug who is widely distributed in the gran chaco ecoregion. control programs in endemic countries are focused in the elimination of triatomine vectors with pyrethroid insecticides. however, chemical control has failed in the gran chaco over the last two decades because of several factors. previous studies ... | 2016 | 27113106 |