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Title: Efficacy and duration of three residual insecticides on cotton duck and vinyl tent surfaces for control of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae)

Author
item ZAYED, ABDEL - Us Navy Medical Entomology Detachment
item HOEL, DAVID - Navy And Marine Corps Public Health Center (NMCPHC)
item EL-WAFA, RAHAM - Us Navy Medical Entomology Detachment
item TAGELDIN, REHAM - Us Navy Medical Entomology Detachment
item FURMAN, BARRY - San Jose State University
item Hogsette, Jerome - Jerry
item Bernier, Ulrich

Submitted to: Army Medical Department Journal
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/18/2013
Publication Date: 4/1/2013
Citation: Zayed, A., Hoel, D.F., El-Wafa, R.A., Tageldin, R.A., Furman, B.D., Hogsette, Jr, J.A., Bernier, U.R. 2013. Efficacy and duration of three residual insecticides on cotton duck and vinyl tent surfaces for control of the sand fly Phlebotomus papatasi (Diptera: Psychodidae). Army Medical Department Journal. 2013(1-1):66-72.

Interpretive Summary: Many military tents are made of vinyl and cotton duck. Because it is useful to treat exterior tent surfaces to manage sand flies, DoD and ARS scientists from the Center for Medical, Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology in Gainesville, FL, evaluated 3 residual insecticides on both fabrics. P. papatasi was effectively killed by shade-stored and sun-exposed '-cyhalothrin-treated cotton duck for 8 months and 1 month, respectively, and by shade-stored permethrin- and bifenthrin-treated cotton duck for 5 months. Pesticides applied to vinyl fabrics provided control of = 50% for < 1 month. Overall, '-cyhalothrin provided the best control for the longest period on both tent fabrics.

Technical Abstract: Many military tents are made of vinyl and cotton duck. Because it is useful to treat exterior tent surfaces to manage phlebotomine sand flies, DoD and ARS scientists evaluated the efficacy of 3 residual insecticides on both tent fabrics. P. papatasi was effectively killed by shade-stored and sun-exposed '-cyhalothrin-treated cotton duck for 8 months and 1 month, respectively, and by shade-stored permethrin- and bifenthrin-treated cotton duck for 5 months. Pesticides applied to vinyl tent fabrics provided control of = 50% for < 1 month. Overall, '-cyhalothrin provided the best control for the longest period on both fabrics.