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Artigos Originais • Rev. Saúde Pública 26 (2) • Apr 1992 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101992000200009   copy

Susceptibility tests of the bed-bug Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera, Cimicidae) to DDT in Belo Horizonte, MG (Brazil)

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Susceptibility levels for the adult bed-bug, Cimex lectularius, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais - Brazil, to DDT, were determined during the period 1985 to 1986. The test results showed that a 4% dosage of DDT is not enough to kill 55% of the insects. The data are sufficient to show that there exists bed-bug resistance to DDT in Belo Horizonte.

Bed-bugs; DDT; Insecticide resistance

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