Laboratory Evaluation of a Rodenticide-insecticide, Coumavec®, against Rhombomys opimus, the Main Reservoir Host of Zoonotic Cutaneouse Leishmaniasis in Iran.

• Main Authors: Arshad Veysi (Author), Hassan Vatandoost (Author), Mohammad Hossein Arandian (Author), Reza Jafari (Author), Mohammad Reza Yaghoobi-Ershadi (Author), Yavar Rassi (Author), Amir Ahmad Akhavan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis is a growing health problem in many rural areas of Iran. Rhombomys opimus, the great gerbil, is the main animal reservoir of ZCL in the northeast and central part of Iran. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the rodenticidal effect of Coumavec® (...