Insecticide Susceptibility Status of Wild-Caught Sand Fly Populations Collected from Two Leishmaniasis Endemic Areas in Western Turkey
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: M KARAKUŞ, BAYRAM GÖÇMEN, Yusuf ÖZBEL
JOURNAL OF ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 11, pp 86-94
Summary
Background: In Turkey, vector control programs are mainly based on indoor residual spraying with pyrethroids against mosquitoes. No special control program is available for sand flies. Most insecticide susceptibility tests were done for mosquitoes but not for sand flies. We therefore aimed to determine the insecticide susceptibility against two commonly used insecticides; deltamethrin and permethrin, on wild-caught sand fly populations collected in two geographically separated leishmaniasis endemic areas.