Synthetic sex pheromone in a long-lasting lure attracts the visceral leishmaniasis vector, Lutzomyia longipalpis, for up to 12 weeks in Brazil.

• Asıl Yazarlar: Daniel P Bray (Yazar), Vicky Carter (Yazar), Graziella B Alves (Yazar), Reginaldo P Brazil (Yazar), Krishna K Bandi (Yazar), James G C Hamilton (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Current control methodologies have not prevented the spread of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) across Brazil. Here, we describe the development of a new tool for controlling the sand fly vector of the disease: a long-lasting lure, which releases a synthetic male sex pheromone, attractive to both sexes o...