Control trial of Lutzomyia longipolpis s.l. in the Island of Margarita, Venezuela

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1131-1136

  Feliciangeli, M Dora ^a   Mazzarri, Milena B ^b,e   Blas, Sonia San ^c   Zerpa, Olga ^d,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^b Min of Hlth and Social Development   (Venezuela)

^c Dirección Regional de Salud   (Venezuela)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA   (Venezuela)

^e Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^f Hospital Vargas de Caracas   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

cyhalothrin; American visceral leishmaniasis; Fenitrothion; Vector control; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; FENITROTHION; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE SPRAYING; LEISHMANIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PSYCHODIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SURVIVAL; VECTOR CONTROL; VENEZUELA; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; FENITROTHION; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; NITRILES; PSYCHODIDAE; PYRETHRINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VENEZUELA;

MARGARITA ISLAND; NUEVA ESPARTA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUTZOMYIA LONGIPALPIS; MARGARITES; PROTOZOA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0348107357     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-2276.2003.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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