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Table 3 Acaricide brands marketed and sold

From: Conflict of interest: use of pyrethroids and amidines against tsetse and ticks in zoonotic sleeping sickness endemic areas of Uganda

Target vector

Brand name

Compound

Recommended dilution

Price range of 100 ml bottle (UgSH)

Ticks

Amitix©

Amitraz

2 ml:1 L

5,000 – 8,000

 

Milbitraz©

Amitraz

2 ml:1 L

7,000 - 9,000

 

Norotraz©

Amitraz

2 ml:1 L

5,000 - 7,000

 

Supona ©

Chlorfenvinphos

1 ml:2 L

6,000 – 7,000

 

Tacktic©

Amitraz

2 ml:1 L

8,000 – 10,000

Ticks and tsetse

Alfapor©

Alpha-cypermethrin

1 ml:1 L

6,000 - 9,000

 

Decatix©

Deltamethrin

1 ml:1 L

9,000 – 10,000

 

Paratryn©

Cypermethrin

1 ml:1 L

10,000-12,000

 

Sypertix©

Alpha-cypermethrin

1 ml:2 L

7,000 – 13,000

 

Tsetse-tick©

Cypermethrin

1 ml:1 L

Not sold in

100 ml

 

Cypermethrin-10 EC©

Cypermethrin

1 ml:1 L

8,000 - 10,000

 

Vectocid©

Deltamethrin

1 ml:1 L

10,000- 15,000