Field assessment of insecticide dusting and bait station treatment impact against rodent flea and house flea species in the Madagascar plague context.

ABSTRACT: Bubonic is the most prevalent plague form in Madagascar. Indoor ground application of insecticide dust is the conventional method used to control potentially infected rodent fleas that transmit the plague bacterium from rodents to humans. The use of bait stations is an alternative approach for vector control during plague epidemics, as well as a preventive control method during non-epidemic seasons. Bait stations have many advantages, principally by reducing the amount of insecticide used, lowering the cost of the treatment and minimizing insecticide exposure in the environment. A previous study reported promising results on controlling simultaneously the reservoir and vectors, when slow-acting rodenticide was incorporated in bait stations called "Boîtes de Kartman". However, little eviden

SUBMITTER: Miarinjara A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6697362 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature