Insecticidal efficacy against Phlebotomus perniciosus in dogs treated orally with fluralaner in two different parallel-group, negative-control, random and masked trials

Abstract Background Dogs are the reservoir host of Leishmania infantum, the agent of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (VL), which is transmitted by the bite of phlebotomine sand flies. The sand fly Phlebotomus perniciosus is the main vector of zoonotic VL in the western Mediterranean region. Fluralan...

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Published in:Parasites & Vectors
Main Authors: Gioia Bongiorno, Leon Meyer, Alec Evans, Nouha Lekouch, Padraig Doherty, Rafael Chiummo, Luigi Gradoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05128-z