| evaluation of a spray of permethrin and pyriproxyfen for the protection of dogs against phlebotomus perniciosus. | dogs are the main domestic reservoir of leishmania infantum in the old world (leishmania chagasi in the new world) a parasite responsible for many cases of human visceral leishmaniasis in both endemic and non-endemic regions. one strategy for the control of leishmaniasis would be to prevent dogs from being bitten by sandflies, the vector of leishmaniasis. this study was designed to assess the efficacy of spraying a combination of permethrin and pyriproxyfen on to dogs artificially exposed to san ... | 2006 | 16905734 |