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Title Efficacy of Indoor Residual Spraying Using Lambda-Cyhalothrin for Controlling Nontarget Vector Fleas (Siphonaptera) on Commensal Rats in a Plague Endemic Region of Northwestern Uganda
Author Jeff N. Borchert , Rebecca J. Eisen , Linda A. Atiku , Mark J. Delorey , Joseph T. Mpanga , Nackson Babi , Russell E. Enscore , and Kenneth L. Gage
Date 2012-04-09
Description we evaluated the efficacy of indoor residual spraying (IRS) techniques commonly used for mosquito control for controlling fleas on hut-dwelling commensal rodents in a plague-endemic region of Uganda
Keywords indoor residual spray, Rattus rattus, plague, flea, lambda-cyhalothrin
URL http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1603/ME11230
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