Further evidence that deltamethrin-impregnated collars protect domestic dogs from sandfly bites

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-226

  Halbig, P ^a   Hodjati, M H ^b   Mazloumi Gavgani, A S ^b   Mohite, H ^b   Davies, C R ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deltamethrin; Dog collars; Iran; Leishmaniasis vectors; Phlebotomus papatasi; Repellency; Sandfly control; Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL)

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; INFESTATION; IRAN; MALE; PSYCHODIDAE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; IRAN; MALE; NITRILES; PSYCHODIDAE; PYRETHRINS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; DIPTERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOTOMUS PERNICIOSUS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0034044930     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2000.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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