The Efficiency of Insecticides Against Sandflies with Epidemiology of Lieshmaniasis in Basrah, Iraq | ||
| Magazine of Al-Kufa University for Biology | ||
| Article 1, Volume 4, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 263-271 | ||
| Author | ||
| Mufeed A. Habeeb | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was carried out with determined the status of insecticides against animal agent vector of Leishmania parasite causing leishmaniasis and epidemiology of this disease in Basrah.The impact of indoor spray with four insecticides against sandflies in selected formland finding that mortality percent 55.6% , 13.8% after 30 minute and 100% after 24 hour and 79.1% after 72 hour for Lambdacyhalothin and Diazinon respectively, so the status of neurotoxic Lambdacyhalothrin most efficiency than other insecticides tested.The status of VL was investigated from 2008 through 2009 to provide an epidemiologic characterization of the disease in Basrah show a rural community in the north part with a higher level 88.28% especially in Qurna town with 44.43% than other arts, the disease appear in total individual in first to second seasons more than the last ones, the age percent of VL analysis for a total parts finding that 1-4 years most positive with 53.6% than >5 years with 8.24% and in term of the male were more frequently affected than female. | ||
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