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SUBMITTER: Hickner PV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7695851 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hickner Paul V PV Mittapalli Omprakash O Subramoniam Anjana A Sagel Agustin A Watson Wes W Scott Maxwell J MJ Arp Alex P AP de León Adalberto A Pérez AAP Syed Zainulabeuddin Z
Scientific reports 20201127 1
The screwworm fly, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), was successfully eradicated from the United States by the sterile insect technique (SIT). However, recent detection of these flies in the Florida Keys, and increased risk of introductions to the other areas warrant novel tools for management of the flies. Surveillance, a key component of screwworm control programs, utilizes traps baited with rotting liver or a blend of synthetic chemicals such as swormlure-4. In this work, we evaluated the o ...[more]