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Reported Resistance Case(s)

Species: triatoma infestans

Order Family Common Name(s) Group Host
hemiptera reduviidae kissing bugs MED Warm blooded animals

Active Ingredient: fenitrothion

MOA: Acetylcholine esterase inhibitors, Organophophates
Group: OP CAS #: 122145 Shaugnessy Code: 105901

Resistance Case(s)

Case Id Year of Report Type of Resistance Location Reference
G16000 2014 Field Evolved Resistance
Argentina--
Chaco--
La Esperanza
Germano, M., Picollo, M., Spillmann, C., and Mougabure-Cueto, G. (2014). Fenitrothion: an alternative insecticide for the control of deltamethrin-resistant populations of Triatoma infestans in northern Argentina. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 28 21-25.
*The population was created solely by selection and/or genetic manipulation.
**The population was selected further in the laboratory after collection.