Assessing insecticide susceptibility, diagnostic dose and time for the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of visceral leishmaniasis in India, using the CDC bottle bioassay.

• Main Authors: Rahul Chaubey (Author), Ashish Shukla (Author), Anurag Kumar Kushwaha (Author), Puja Tiwary (Author), Shakti Kumar Singh (Author), Shawna Hennings (Author), Om Praksh Singh (Author), Phillip Lawyer (Author), Edgar Rowton (Author), Christine A Petersen (Author), Scott A Bernhardt (Author), Shyam Sundar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector-borne protozoan disease, which can be fatal if left untreated. Synthetic chemical insecticides are very effective tools for controlling of insect vectors, including the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of VL in the Indian subcontinent. However, repe...