Evaluation of Different Attractive Traps for Capturing Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in an Endemic Area of Leishmaniasis, Southeast of Iran

• Main Authors: Saideh Yousefi (Author), Ali Reza Zahraei-Ramazani (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author), Hassan Vatandoost (Author), Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author), Abbas Aghaei-Afshar (Author), Masoumeh Amin (Author), Azim Paksa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The attraction of phlebotomine sand flies to plant and animal hosts is due to the produced chemical compounds, affecting the olfactory receptors of the insects. Therefore, novel and effective methods, such as Attrac­tive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) and Attractive Toxic Baits (ATB), are base...