title: Evaluation of larvicides for the control of Simulium damnosum s.l. (Diptera: Simuliidae) in West Africa.
abstract: The Onchocerciasis Control Program of the World Health Organization is carrying out an extensive screening program in a search for new larvicides to be used for control of Simulium damnosum s.l. Emphasis has been given to finding a pyrethroid and a carbamate to supplement the organophosphates currently in use. These chemicals with differing modes of action, together with Bacillus thuringiensis H-14, are being used in an attempt to cope with the development and spread of resistance to the organophosphates temephos and chlorphoxim.
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D000818:Animals; D002219:Carbamates; D011723:Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007305:Insecticide Resistance; D007306:Insecticides; D007814:Larva; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D012843:Simuliidae
chemical_list: D002219:Carbamates; D007306:Insecticides; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds