Field Monitoring of Cypermethrin Residual Effect on the Mortality Rates of the Phlebotomine Sand Fly Lutzomyia longipalpis in the State of Paraíba, Brazil

In a visceral leishmaniasis endemic locality of northeast of Brasil where all settlements were treated with cypermethrin, a follow-up of Lutzomyia longipalpis populations was carried out by regular collections. The residual effect of the insecticide was studied using biological assays on three diffe...

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Published in:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Main Authors:	Laura Ney Marcelino Passerat De Silans, Jean-Pierre Dedet, Jorge R Arias
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 1998-05-01
Subjects:	visceral leishmaniasis sand flies control insecticides pyrethroids cypermethrin
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000300012&tlng=en