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A Preliminary Report Showing Spinosad and Fluralaner Are Able to Incapacitate Cimex lectularius L., the Common Bed Bug
- Source :
- Cureus
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Cureus, Inc., 2020.
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Abstract
- Cimex lectularius L., the common bed bug, is a hematophagous human ectoparasite. The veterinary drugs, spinosad and fluralaner, were studied for their ability to incapacitate C. lectularius when administered in a blood meal using an artificial feeding system under laboratory conditions. Tested drug doses were based on the reported peak blood levels in animals given the drugs. Spinosad at doses 1,000 ng/mL or higher resulted in 75% or greater bed bug incapacitation (defined as death or immobility). Fluralaner at doses 500 ng/mL or higher had 100% bed bug incapacitation. Both drugs were significantly more effective than controls at these doses (P < 0.001).
- Subjects :
- Drug
Fluralaner
fluralaner
Veterinary Drugs
cimex lectularius
media_common.quotation_subject
Spinosad
Infectious Disease
xenointoxication
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
bedbug
Toxicology
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Bed bug
spinosad
Preliminary report
medicine
media_common
treatment
biology
business.industry
General Engineering
drug
veterinary
Blood meal
biology.organism_classification
Miscellaneous
bed bug
chemistry
Public Health
business
Cimex lectularius
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 21688184
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cureus
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5c09d2c62a4992479fd1a7de63eb73d4
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7529