Insecticide susceptibility of Phlebotomus argentipes in visceral leishmaniasis endemic districts in India and Nepal.

• Main Authors: Diwakar Singh Dinesh (Author), Murari Lal Das (Author), Albert Picado (Author), Lalita Roy (Author), Suman Rijal (Author), Shri Prakash Singh (Author), Pradeep Das (Author), Marleen Boelaert (Author), Marc Coosemans (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the DDT and deltamethrin susceptibility of Phlebotomus argentipes, the vector of Leishmania donovani, responsible for visceral leishmaniasis (VL), in two countries (India and Nepal) with different histories of insecticide exposure. METHODS: Standard WHO testing procedures...