Exclusion of phlebotomine sand flies from inhabited areas by means of vertical mesh barriers

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 512-518

  Faiman, R ^a   Kirstein, O ^a   Freund, M ^b   Guetta, H ^a   Warburg, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu   (Israel)

Author keywords

Insecticide impregnated nets; Leishmaniasis; Phlebotomine sand flies; Vertical barrier

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELTAMETHRIN IMPREGNATED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; INSECT CONTROL; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYESTER NET; SUBURBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; VERTICAL MESH BARRIER;

ANIMALS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIASIS; NITRILES; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PSYCHODIDAE; PYRETHRINS;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 80052084598     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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