El riesgo sanitario de los triatominos como vectores Trypanosoma cruzi está relacionado con la domiciliación especies originalmente selváticas que logran adaptarse a hábitats humanos, encontrando variadas fuentes alimento y refugio. Para el control estos insectos se utiliza fumigación residual insecticidas piretroides, pero debido resistencia químicos altos costos fumigaciones permanentes, alte...

An emulsifiable concentrate (EC) and granular (G) formulation of the entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium brunneum strain F52 (formerly Metarhizium anisopliae strain F52) were tested against unfed adults and nymphs of Ixodes scapularis Say in the laboratory. Three exposure methods; dip, surface contact, and direct spray application, and three exposure time intervals (3, 30, and 300 min) were us...