Biological Control of the Chagas Disease Vector Triatoma infestans with the Entomopathogenic Fungus Beauveria bassiana Combined with an Aggregation Cue: Field, Laboratory and Mathematical Modeling Assessment.
BACKGROUND:Current Chagas disease vector control strategies, based on chemical insecticide spraying, Meals are growingly threatened by the emergence of pyrethroid-resistant Triatoma infestans populations in the Gran Chaco region of South America.METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS:We have already shown that the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana has t