Evaluation of larvicides for the control of Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae) in West Africa |
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| Authors: | D Kurtak H Jamnback R Meyer M Ocran P Renaud |
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| Affiliation: | WHO Onchocerciasis Control Program, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso. |
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| Abstract: | The Onchocerciasis Control Program of the World Health Organization is carrying out an extensive screening program in a search for new larvicides to be used for control of Simulium damnosum s.l. Emphasis has been given to finding a pyrethroid and a carbamate to supplement the organophosphates currently in use. These chemicals with differing modes of action, together with Bacillus thuringiensis H-14, are being used in an attempt to cope with the development and spread of resistance to the organophosphates temephos and chlorphoxim. |
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