Control of phlebotomine sandflies

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-18

  Alexander, B ^a   Maroli, M ^b  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

DDT resistance; Dog collars; House spraying; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide susceptibility; Insecticide treated nets; Leishmania; Leishmaniasis control; Lutzomyia; Phlebotomus; Phlebovirus; Pyrethroids; Repellents; Sandfly control; Sergentomyia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DDT; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; LEISHMANIASIS; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE;

ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FLY; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS;

INDIA;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DIPTERA; INSECTA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PHLEBOTOMUS PAPATASI; PHLEBOVIRUS; PSYCHODIDAE; SERGENTOMYIA;

EID: 0037357356     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.2003.00420.x     Document Type: Review

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