author keywords: industrial biomolecular minerals; sand flies; Imergard; Celite

TL;DR: Proof of concept was established for the use of these biominerals for sand fly and leishmaniasis disease control and scanning electron microscopy of dead sand flies showed high coating levels of Celite only on the sides of the thorax and on the tarsi, suggesting an alternative mode of action for mechanical insecticides. (via Semantic Scholar)