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Experimental hut to study the indoor behaviour and effects of insecticide-treated bednets on phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Overview of attention for article published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, July 2018
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Title
Experimental hut to study the indoor behaviour and effects of insecticide-treated bednets on phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, July 2018
DOI 10.1590/0074-02760180131
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Olga Lucía Cabrera, Erika Santamaría, Raúl Hernando Pardo

Abstract

Behavioural effects of insecticides on endophagic phlebotomine sand fly vectors of Leishmania are poorly understood mainly because of the lack of an experimental hut (EH) in which to study them. To build an EH to evaluate the effects of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets (LLINs) on Lutzomyia longiflocosa. The study had two phases: (1) Laboratory experiments using tunnel tests to select the traps for the EH; and (2) EH construction and evaluation of the effects of deltamethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin LLINs on L. longiflocosa females inside the EH. Phase 1: The horizontal-slit trap was the best trap. This trap collected the highest percentage of sand flies, and prevented them from escaping. Therefore, this trap was used in the EH. Phase 2: The main effects of LLINs on L. longiflocosa in the EH were: landing inhibition, inhibition from entering the bednet, induced exophily, and high mortality (total and inside exit traps). The EH was effective for evaluating the effects of LLINs on endophagic sand flies. Although both types of LLINs showed high efficacy, the lambda-cyhalothrin-treated LLIN performed better. This is the first report of induced exophily in sand flies.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 30%
Student > Master 2 10%
Professor 1 5%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 5%
Other 1 5%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 9 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 5 25%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 15%
Unknown 9 45%
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#20,663,600
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#1,185
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#264,594
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#8
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