Topical insecticide treatments to protect dogs from sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis.

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Reithinger, R. ; Teodoro, U. ; Davies, C. R.
• Description:
  We compared the susceptibility of sand fly vectors to four topical insecticide treatments applied to domestic dogs, a reservoir of human leishmaniasis. Dogs were exposed to sand flies pretreatment and at 1 week, 1 month, and 2 months posttreatment. Sand fly bloodfeeding and survival rate of both fed and unfed flies were significantly reduced by the permethrin, deltamethrin, and fenthion treatments, but diazinon had no effect. The survival rate of bloodfed sand flies was reduced by up to 86% with deltamethrin collars. The antifeeding effect suggests that deltamethrin collars may be recommended to dog owners to protect their pets from sandfly- borne diseases. The combined effects on sand fly feeding and survival indicate that epidemiologic, community-based trials are warranted to test whether deltamethrin collars could reduce the incidence of canine and, hence, human leishmaniasis.
• Subjects:
  Administration, Topical Animals Dog Diseases Dogs Drug Delivery Systems Fenthion Humans Insect Bites And Stings Insecticides Insect Vectors Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous Nitriles Permethrin Psychodidae Pyrethrins

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 7(5):872-876.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  7
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b1f94b87073fc0cb837c11f06bae61dc193e171b9796039e8746a59283909f4d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/15209/cdc_15209_DS1.pdf
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