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Synthetic sex pheromone attracts the leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to experimental chicken sheds treated with insecticide

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Abstract

Current strategies for controlling American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) have been unable to prevent the spread of the disease across Brazil. With no effective vaccine and culling of infected dogs an unpopular and unsuccessful alternative, new tools are urgently needed to manage populations of the sand fly vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis Lutz and Neiva (Diptera: Psychodidae). Here, we test two potential strategies for improving L. longipalpis control using the synthetic sand fly pheromone (+/-)-9-methylgermacrene-B: the first in conjunction with spraying of animal houses with insecticide, the second using coloured sticky traps.

Acceptance Date Mar 11, 2010
Publication Date Mar 11, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Parasites & Vectors
Print ISSN 1756-3305
Publisher BioMed Central
Pages 16 -?
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-16
Keywords sticky trap, pheromone trap, synthetic pheromone, host odour, pheromone lure
Publisher URL http://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-3-16

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