Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi
- Autores
- Pedrini, Nicolás; Mijailovsky, Sergio Javier; Girotti, Juan Roberto; Stariolo, Raúl; Cardozo, Rubén M.; Gentile, Alberto; Juárez, Marta Patricia
- Año de publicación
- 2009
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- Background: Triatoma infestans-mediated transmission of Tripanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, remains as a major health issue in southern South America. Key factors of T. infestans prevalence in specific areas of the geographic Gran Chaco region - which extends through northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay - are both recurrent reinfestations after insecticide spraying and emerging pyrethroid-resistance over the past ten years. Among alternative control tools, the pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi against triatomines is already known; furthermore, these fungi have the ability to fully degrade hydrocarbons from T. infestans cuticle and to utilize them as fuel and for incorporation into cellular components. Methodology and Findings: Here we provide evidence of resistance-related cuticle differences; capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry analyses revealed that pyrethroid-resistant bugs have significantly larger amounts of surface hydrocarbons, peaking 56.2±6.4% higher than susceptible specimens. Also, a thicker cuticle was detected by scanning electron microscopy (32.1±5.9 μm and 17.8±5.4 μm for pyrethroid-resistant and pyrethroid-susceptible, respectively). In laboratory bioassays, we showed that the virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana against T. infestans was significantly enhanced after fungal adaptation to grow on a medium containing insect-like hydrocarbons as the carbon source, regardless of bug susceptibility to pyrethroids. We designed an attraction-infection trap based on manipulating T. infestans behavior in order to facilitate close contact with B. bassiana. Field assays performed in rural village houses infested with pyrethroid-resistant insects showed 52.4% bug mortality. Using available mathematical models, we predicted that further fungal applications could eventually halt infection transmission. Conclusions: This low cost, low tech, ecologically friendly methodology could help in controlling the spread of pyrethroid-resistant bugs.
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas - Materia
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Ciencias Médicas
insecticide
Chagas disease
insect
microbiology
parasitology
physiology - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungiPedrini, NicolásMijailovsky, Sergio JavierGirotti, Juan RobertoStariolo, RaúlCardozo, Rubén M.Gentile, AlbertoJuárez, Marta PatriciaCiencias MédicasinsecticideChagas diseaseinsectmicrobiologyparasitologyphysiologyBackground: Triatoma infestans-mediated transmission of Tripanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, remains as a major health issue in southern South America. Key factors of T. infestans prevalence in specific areas of the geographic Gran Chaco region - which extends through northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay - are both recurrent reinfestations after insecticide spraying and emerging pyrethroid-resistance over the past ten years. Among alternative control tools, the pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi against triatomines is already known; furthermore, these fungi have the ability to fully degrade hydrocarbons from T. infestans cuticle and to utilize them as fuel and for incorporation into cellular components. Methodology and Findings: Here we provide evidence of resistance-related cuticle differences; capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry analyses revealed that pyrethroid-resistant bugs have significantly larger amounts of surface hydrocarbons, peaking 56.2±6.4% higher than susceptible specimens. Also, a thicker cuticle was detected by scanning electron microscopy (32.1±5.9 μm and 17.8±5.4 μm for pyrethroid-resistant and pyrethroid-susceptible, respectively). In laboratory bioassays, we showed that the virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana against T. infestans was significantly enhanced after fungal adaptation to grow on a medium containing insect-like hydrocarbons as the carbon source, regardless of bug susceptibility to pyrethroids. We designed an attraction-infection trap based on manipulating T. infestans behavior in order to facilitate close contact with B. bassiana. Field assays performed in rural village houses infested with pyrethroid-resistant insects showed 52.4% bug mortality. Using available mathematical models, we predicted that further fungal applications could eventually halt infection transmission. Conclusions: This low cost, low tech, ecologically friendly methodology could help in controlling the spread of pyrethroid-resistant bugs.Facultad de Ciencias Médicas2009info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/40293enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.plosntds.org/article/fetchObject.action?uri=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pntd.0000434&representation=PDFinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1935-2727info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000434info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T10:57:09Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/40293Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 10:57:09.335SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi Pedrini, Nicolás Ciencias Médicas insecticide Chagas disease insect microbiology parasitology physiology |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant chagas disease vectors with entomopathogenic fungi |
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Pedrini, Nicolás Mijailovsky, Sergio Javier Girotti, Juan Roberto Stariolo, Raúl Cardozo, Rubén M. Gentile, Alberto Juárez, Marta Patricia |
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Pedrini, Nicolás |
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Pedrini, Nicolás Mijailovsky, Sergio Javier Girotti, Juan Roberto Stariolo, Raúl Cardozo, Rubén M. Gentile, Alberto Juárez, Marta Patricia |
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Mijailovsky, Sergio Javier Girotti, Juan Roberto Stariolo, Raúl Cardozo, Rubén M. Gentile, Alberto Juárez, Marta Patricia |
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Ciencias Médicas insecticide Chagas disease insect microbiology parasitology physiology |
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Ciencias Médicas insecticide Chagas disease insect microbiology parasitology physiology |
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Background: Triatoma infestans-mediated transmission of Tripanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, remains as a major health issue in southern South America. Key factors of T. infestans prevalence in specific areas of the geographic Gran Chaco region - which extends through northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay - are both recurrent reinfestations after insecticide spraying and emerging pyrethroid-resistance over the past ten years. Among alternative control tools, the pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi against triatomines is already known; furthermore, these fungi have the ability to fully degrade hydrocarbons from T. infestans cuticle and to utilize them as fuel and for incorporation into cellular components. Methodology and Findings: Here we provide evidence of resistance-related cuticle differences; capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry analyses revealed that pyrethroid-resistant bugs have significantly larger amounts of surface hydrocarbons, peaking 56.2±6.4% higher than susceptible specimens. Also, a thicker cuticle was detected by scanning electron microscopy (32.1±5.9 μm and 17.8±5.4 μm for pyrethroid-resistant and pyrethroid-susceptible, respectively). In laboratory bioassays, we showed that the virulence of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana against T. infestans was significantly enhanced after fungal adaptation to grow on a medium containing insect-like hydrocarbons as the carbon source, regardless of bug susceptibility to pyrethroids. We designed an attraction-infection trap based on manipulating T. infestans behavior in order to facilitate close contact with B. bassiana. Field assays performed in rural village houses infested with pyrethroid-resistant insects showed 52.4% bug mortality. Using available mathematical models, we predicted that further fungal applications could eventually halt infection transmission. Conclusions: This low cost, low tech, ecologically friendly methodology could help in controlling the spread of pyrethroid-resistant bugs. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas |
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