Insecticide susceptibility of Phlebotomus argentipes in visceral leishmaniasis endemic districts in India and Nepal

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Dinesh, Diwakar Singh ^a   Das, Murari Lal ^b   Picado, Albert ^c,d   Roy, Lalita ^b   Rijal, Suman ^b   Singh, Shri Prakash ^e   Das, Pradeep ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^c   Coosemans, Marc ^c  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

^e BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEMALE; INDIA; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ANIMALS; DDT; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; INDIA; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; NITRILES; PHLEBOTOMUS; PYRETHRINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78449246722     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000859     Document Type: Article

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