DDT-based indoor residual spraying suboptimal for visceral leishmaniasis elimination in India.
Coleman M, Foster GM, Deb R, Pratap Singh R, Ismail HM, Shivam P, Ghosh AK, Dunkley S, Kumar V, Coleman M, Hemingway J, Paine MJ, Das P.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Jul 14;112(28):8573-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1507782112. Epub 2015 Jun 29.
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A 20% threshold above and below the target spray of 1.0 g ai/m(2) was defined as "in range." The entomological assessments were made in four districts in IRS and non-IRS villages. ...The majority (329 of 360, 91.3%) of pre-IRS samples had residual DDT concentrations of < …
A 20% threshold above and below the target spray of 1.0 g ai/m(2) was defined as "in range." The entomological assessments were made …