

SAND FLY & LEISHMANIASIS
RESEARCH



Poché, D.M., Torres-Poché, Z., Garlapati, R., Clarke, T., Poché, R.M. (2018) Short-term movement of Phlebotomus argentips (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a visceral leishmaniasis-endemic village in Bihar, India. Journal of Vector Ecology. 43:2 https://doi.org/10.1111/jvec.12312
Abbasi, I., Lopo de Queiroz, A.T., Kirstein, O.D., Nasereddin, A., Horwitz, B.Z., Hailu, A., Salah, I., Moto, T.F., Fraga, D.B.M, Veras, P.S.T., Poché, David, Poché, Richard, Yeszhanov, A., Brodskyn, C., Torres-Poché, Z., and Warburg, A. 2018. Plant-feeding phlebotimine sand flies, vectors of leishmaniasis, prefer Cannabis sativa. Proceedings of the American Academy of Science, www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1810435115
Poché, D.M., Torres-Poché, Z., Yeszhanov, A., Poché, R.M., Belyaev, A., Dvorak, V., Sayakova, Z., Polyakova, L., and Almakhanov, B. 2018. Field evaluation of a 0.005% fipronil bait, orally administered to Rhombomsy opimus, for control of fleas (Siphonaptera: Pulicidae) and phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the Central Asian Republic of Kazakhstan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006630. 1-23 pages.
Poché, D.M., Garlapati, R.B., Poché, R.M., Torres-Poché, Z., Mukherjee, S., Rahman, T., Bharti, A., Tripati, V.P., Prakash, S., Chaubey, R., Hasker, E., 2018. Bionomics of Phlebotomus argentipes in Villages in Bihar, India with Insights into Efficacy of IRS-Based Control Measures. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 12(1):e0006168. https://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0006168.
Lucientes, J., Oropeza-Velasquez, W., Ares, S., Poché, R., Poché D., bBallart, C., aTanco, J., Castillo-Hernández, JA., Picado, A. (2017). Laboratory evaluation of the insecticide activity of oral fipronil administered to rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) against adult females of Phlebotomus papatasi. 7th International Congress of the Society for Vector Ecology, poster presentation.
Poché, D. M., Poché, R. M., Mukherjee, S., Franckowiak, G. A., Briley, L. N., Somers, D. J., & Garlapati, R. B. (2017). Phlebotomine sandfly ecology on the Indian subcontinent: does village vegetation play a role in sandfly distribution in Bihar, India? Medical and veterinary entomology, 31(2), 207-213. https://doi.org/10.1111/mve.12224
Poché, D. M., Grant, W. E., & Wang, H. H. (2016). Visceral Leishmaniasis on the Indian Subcontinent: Modelling the Dynamic Relationship between Vector Control Schemes and Vector Life Cycles. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 10(8), e0004868.
Bublitz, D. C., Poché, R. M., & Garlapati, R. (2016). Measures to Control Phlebotomus argentipes and Visceral Leishmaniasis in India. Journal of arthropod-borne diseases, 10(2), 113-126. http://jad.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jad/article/view/317
Cameron, M. M. et al, Poché, R., (2016). Understanding the transmission dynamics of Leishmania donovani to provide robust evidence for interventions to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in Bihar, India. Parasites & vectors, 9(1), 25.
Poché, R. M., Burruss, D., Polyakova, L., Poché, D. M., & Garlapati, R. B. (2015). Treatment of livestock with systemic insecticides for control of Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya. Malaria journal, 14(1), 351. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0883-0
Derbali, M., Polyakova, L., Boujaama, A., Burruss, D., Cherni, S., Barhoumi, W., Chelbi, I., Poche, R., & Zhioua, E. (2014). Laboratory and field evaluation of rodent bait treated with fipronil for feed through and systemic control of Phlebotomus papatasi. Acta tropica, 135, 27-32.
Ingenloff, K., Garlapati, R., Poché, D., Singh, M. I., Remmers, J. L., & Poché, R. M. (2013). Feed‐through insecticides for the control of the sand fly Phlebotomus argentipes. Medical and veterinary entomology, 27(1), 10-18.
Perry, D., Dixon, K., Garlapati, R., Gendernalik, A., Poché, D., & Poché, R. (2013). Visceral leishmaniasis prevalence and associated risk factors in the saran district of Bihar, India, from 2009 to July of 2011. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 88(4), 778-784.
Poché, R. M., Garlapati, R., Singh, M. I., & Poché, D. M. (2013). Evaluation of fipronil oral dosing to cattle for control of adult and larval sand flies under controlled conditions. Journal of medical entomology, 50(4), 833-837. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/50.2.833
Derbali, M., Chelbi, I., Cherni, S., Barhoumi, W., Boujaama, A., Poché, R., Zhious, E. (2012). Laboratory and field evaluation of an imidacloprid treated rodent oral bait for a systemic control of Phlebotomus papatasi Scopoli, 1786 (Dipetra: Psychodidae). Medical Entomology, (2013) 106(1):54-58 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13149-012-0274-5
Garlapati, R. B., Abbasi, I., Warburg, A., Poché, D., & Poché, R. (2012). Identification of bloodmeals in wild caught blood fed Phlebotomus argentipes (Diptera: Psychodidae) using cytochrome b PCR and reverse line blotting in Bihar, India. Journal of medical entomology, 49(3), 515-521.
Poché, R. M., Garlapati, R., Elnaiem, D. E. A., Perry, D., & Poché, D. (2012). The role of Palmyra palm trees (Borassus flabellifer) and sand fly distribution in northeastern India. Journal of Vector Ecology, 37(1), 148-153.
Raban, R., Poché, D., Garlapati, R., Perry, D., & Poché, R.M. (2012). Host-targeted insecticides for control of Phlebotomus argentipes. American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, poster presentation.
Garlapati, R. B., Abbasi, I., Warburg, A., & Poché, R. M. (2011). Identification of host preferences in blood fed Phlebotomus argentipes using cytochrome b PCR and reverse line blotting in Bihar, India. International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies, oral presentation.
Poché, D., Garlapati, R., Ingenloff , K., Poché, R. (2011). Control of adult and larval sand flies by treating cattle with oral insecticides and insect growth regulators in India. International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies, oral presentation.
Poché, R. M., Poché, D., & Garlapati, R. (2011). Palm trees and the influence on the ecology of sand flies in India. International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies, oral presentation.
Remmers, J., Perry, D., & Poché, R.M. (2011). Can vectors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis be controlled by rodent-targeted insecticidal baits? International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies, oral presentation.
Rowton, E., Wasserberg, G., Poché, R. (2011). Imidacloprid: a potential systemic insecticide for control of sand fly adults and larvae. International Symposium on Phlebotomine Sandflies, oral presentation.
Poché, D., Garlapati, R., Ingenloff, K., Remmers, J., & Poché, R. (2011). Bionomics of phlebotomine sand flies from three villages in Bihar, India. Journal of Vector Ecology, 36(s1), S106-S117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00119.x
Wasserberg, G., Poché, R., Miller, D., Chenault, M., Zollner, G., & Rowton, E. D. (2011). Imidacloprid as a potential agent for the systemic control of sand flies. Journal of Vector Ecology, 36(s1), S148-S156.