Standard Operating Procedure for Testing the Susceptibility of Adult Sand Flies to Insecticides in WHO Bottle Bioassays.
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgements
- Declarations of interest and confidentiality undertaking
- 1. Introduction, scope and purpose
- 2. Equipment, reagents and consumables
- 3. Health, safety and environmental protection
- 4. Sand flies
- 5. Preparation of stock solutions of discriminating concentrations
- 6. Bottle bioassay procedure
- 7. Criteria for test rejection
- 8. Data recording and calculation of test results
- 9. Interpretation of test results
- 10. Bottle washing procedure
- References
- Annex 1. Calculations for preparing solutions for WHO bottle bioassays
- Annex 2. Data collection form for testing susceptibility to insecticides of adult sand flies in WHO bottle bioassays.