Ivermectin as a rodent feed-through insecticide for control of immature sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-1-2008

Abstract

Ivermectin was evaluated as a potential rodent feed-through for the control of immature stages of Phlebotomus papatasi. The survival of sand fly larvae fed feces of Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) that had been fed a diet containing 0, 2, 6, 10, 20, 60, or 100 ppm ivermectin was measured. Sand fly larvae fed the feces of ivermectin-treated hamsters had significantly reduced survival, with 100 mortality of larvae fed feces of hamsters fed a diet containing 20, 60, and 100 ppm ivermectin. The results of this study suggest that a control strategy using rodent baits containing ivermectin to control phlebotomine sand flies may be possible. Because rodent reservoirs and sand fly vectors of Leishmania major live in close association in many parts of the Middle East, the control of transmission of the agent of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis also may be possible. © 2008 by The American Mosquito Control Association, Inc.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

First Page

323

Last Page

326

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