Fronza, Georgina
Junior Researcher CONICET
CONICET Profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgina_Fronza2
Professional resume + Expertise
PhD in Biological Sciences by the Buenos Aires University (UBA). She has participated in different projects aimed to improve the control of public health relevant insects. Her doctoral thesis was carried out at Pest and Insecticide Research Center (CIPEIN- CONICET) and consisted in a comprehensive study of insecticides resistance in the kissing bug Triatoma infestans, the main vector of Chagas disease. Since 2019, she has been working at the Laboratory of Ecology of Vector- Transmitted Diseases (2eTV), Institute for Environmental Research and Engineering (IIIA). There she carried out her postdoctoral studies, focused on the analysis of the resistance-environment relationship throughout Chagas endemic zone. Her current research addresses the influence of environmental variables on the geographical distribution of insecticide resistance in different vectors, under the direction of Aníbal Carbajo PhD and Gastón Mougabure Cueto PhD (Insect Physiology Laboratory- CONICET- UBA).
Keywords
Vectors, Triatoma infestans, spatial modeling, resistance
Most important publications
Fronza, G., G, Roca Acevedo, G. Mougabure Cueto, I. Sierra, N. Capriotti y A. Toloza. 2020. Insecticide resistance mechanisms in Triatoma infestans (Reduviidae: Triatominae): the putative role of enhanced detoxification and knockdown resistance (kdr) allele in a resistant hotspot from the Argentine Chaco. J.Med. Entomol. 57(3): 837- 844. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjz249
Remón, C., G. Fronza, Y. Maza, P. Sartor, D. Weinberg y G. Mougabure Cueto. 2020. Resistance to deltamethrin in Triatoma infestans: microgeographical distribution, validation of a rapid detection bioassay and evaluation of a fumigant canister as control alternative strategy. Bulletin of Entomological Research 110: 645–653. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485320000206
Fronza, G., A. C. Toloza, M. I. Picollo, A. Carbajo, S. Rodríguez y G. A. Mougabure Cueto. 2019. Modelling the association between deltamethrin resistance in Triatoma infestans populations of the Argentinian Gran Chaco region with environmental factors. Acta Tropica 194: 53- 61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2019.03.021
Galassi, F., G. Fronza, A. Toloza, M.I. Picollo, y P. González Audino. 2018. Response of the head louse Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) to volatiles of whole and individual components of the human scalp. J.Med. Entomol. 55(3): 527- 533. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjx243
Fronza, G., A. Toloza, M.I. Picollo, C. Spillmann, y G. Mougabure Cueto. 2016. Geographical variation of deltamethrin susceptibility of Triatoma infestans in Argentina with emphasis on a resistant focus in the Gran Chaco. J.Med. Entomol. 53(4): 880- 887. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw056