Sand fly synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone co-located with insecticide reduces the incidence of infection in the canine reservoir of visceral leishmaniasis: A stratified cluster randomised trial.

• Main Authors: Orin Courtenay (Author), Erin Dilger (Author), Leo A Calvo-Bado (Author), Lidija Kravar-Garde (Author), Vicky Carter (Author), Melissa J Bell (Author), Graziella B Alves (Author), Raquel Goncalves (Author), Muhammad M Makhdoomi (Author), Mikel A González (Author), Caris M Nunes (Author), Daniel P Bray (Author), Reginaldo P Brazil (Author), James G C Hamilton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the efficacy of a synthetic sex-aggregation pheromone of the sand fly vector Lu. longipalpis, co-located with residual insecticide, to reduce the infection incidence of Leishmania infantum in the canine reservoir.<h4>Methods</h4>A stratified clus...