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Published on: 18 Nov 2011 04:52:44 PM GMT
 
Pyrethrin insecticide review
Posted by Dr. Paul Kamau on 24 Jan 2012 07:27:10 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The manuscript is brief, well researched and formatted and conforms toWMC requirements

  • Competing interests:
    None
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I deal with insecticides and vector-transmitted diseases and vectors

  • How to cite:  Kamau P .Pyrethrin insecticide review[Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;3(1):WMCRW001418
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The potential effect of sucrose baits in pyrethrin on Plebotomus vectors of Leismania spp has been clearly shown. The manuscript has been very clearly written and the methods used can be repeated on a wider scale for the control of the vectors of Leishmania spp.

  • Competing interests:
    none
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    No
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I have done previous studies involving the use of laboratory bred animals to test the effect of certain drugs on some parasites that their life cycles were maintained in the laboratory. I am a parasitologist.

  • How to cite:  Ukaga C N.Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated in Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Leishmaniasis Control Strategies[Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;3(1):WMCRW001417
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Pyrethrin against sand flies
Posted by Dr. Jacob Gitonga on 14 Dec 2011 07:14:41 AM GMT

1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    The paper is well written and organised and I recommend its publication. It presents a novel technique of introducing inseciticides versus the routine conventinal way. More studies of this material should be done against other insect pest and could be a way of curbing insect resistance.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I have supervised students on similar bioassays and we are about to publish similar articles soon. 

  • How to cite:  Gitonga J .Pyrethrin against sand flies[Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;2(12):WMCRW001241
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? No
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? No
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    More data needs to be collected

    Add more information on the refferences.

  • Competing interests:
    No
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Being an epidemiologist and biometrician,

  • How to cite:  Alaro .Potential Effects of pyrethrin incorporated in Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi neveu lemaire in leismaiasis Control Strategy[Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;2(1):WMCRW00409
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Partly
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? No
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? No
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

    Abstract

    Methods

    Line 4: Space is needed between 0.25 and the word and

    Results

    Line 9:The LD50 for females and males tied at what dose?

    Line 10 and 11: Consider summarising the sentence, without altering the meaning

    Introduction

    Italicise all the scientific names here as well as in summary

    Line 3: Instead of sort use sought

    Methods

    Adulticidal bioassay

    Line 1: Sentence not clear, consider revising

    Data analysis

    Line 8: Consider using word sex instead of gender

    Results and discussion

    Line 3: Chi-square should be superscript. Are the chi-square values significant at the levels stated. And what are its implications to your results

    Line 5 and 6:Probit analysis provides expected mortalities to be compared with observed mortalities so as to make a decision whether your results are significant or not. In your case you have discussed the observed results, and ignored the expected, which should not be the case

     

     

     

     

     

  • Competing interests:
    N0
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    Have done similar work before

  • How to cite:  Langat B .Potential Effects of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus Duboscqi Neveu Lemaire diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies[Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;2(1):WMCRW00357
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1 Is the subject of the article within the scope of the subject category? Yes
2 Are the interpretations / conclusions sound and justified by the data? Yes
3 Is this a new and original contribution? Yes
4 Does this paper exemplify an awareness of other research on the topic? Yes
5 Are structure and length satisfactory? Yes
6 Can you suggest brief additions or amendments or an introductory statement that will increase the value of this paper for an international audience? Yes
7 Can you suggest any reductions in the paper, or deletions of parts? Yes
8 Is the quality of the diction satisfactory? Yes
9 Are the illustrations and tables necessary and acceptable? Yes
10 Are the references adequate and are they all necessary? Yes
11 Are the keywords and abstract or summary informative? Yes
  • Other Comments:

     

    1,2,3:

    • This paper is concise.
    • The adulticidal effects of the Pyrethrin are well stated.
    • His conclusions are well linked to the objectives.
    • The researcher has pioneered the study on the effects of pyrethrin formulations in sugar baits against sand flies in Kenya.
    It is a scientifically enriching manuscript that is destined to offer less costly and environmentally friendly solution to Leishmaniasis.
    • This paper is concise.
    • The adulticidal effects of the Pyrethrin are well stated.
    • His conclusions are well linked to the objectives.
    • The researcher has pioneered the study on the effects of pyrethrin formulations in sugar baits against sand flies in Kenya.
    It is a scientifically enriching manuscript that is destined to offer less costly and environmentally friendly solution to Leishmaniasis.

    (4) ·         It is current, precise and straight to the point and it fits the subject under study.

          ·         The researcher linked his work to other previous findings on pyrethrin by other scientists before him.

          ·         This work is compared effectively with other protozoan diseases because most of this diseases are interrelated, which is quite good.

    6,7:

    Suggested corrections to the Manuscript

     

     

    ABSTRACT

     

    Results: 3rd sentence

     

                ……..Mortality of females were…… (Replaced by Was)

     

                The 2nd last sentence on results has been restructured.

     

    INTRODUCTION

                                       

                Line 6: spacing on arthropod-borne

     

    MATERIALS AND METHODS

     

                Sand flies colony maintenance

     

                            Line 7: Spacing of L:D (from L: D to L:D)

     

     

    Data analysis sub-topic should not be italised

     

    from Data Analysis to Data Analysis

     

    Alignment of the formula:

     

    • Abbott’s formula: the division line was not properly aligned and my suggested one is here below:

                                                  Test % mortality – Control % mortality

         Observed % mortality =­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­                                                                              X 100

                                                         100 – Control % mortality                           

    • The hyphen sign in the formula replaced by a negative sign

     

    RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

     

    • 1st sentence:- …..in 10% sucrose,
    • 3rd sentence restructured:-

            ……..death introduced after mean

    • 4th sentence:- restructured

    10: all the citations in the text are present in the list of references and vice-versa

    11: The abstract is concise and informative, infact it highlights on what was to be researched on, what has been researched on, analysis of the results and conclusions base where the researcher tied the findings to the objectives.

  • Competing interests:
    N/A
  • Invited by the author to review this article? :
    Yes
  • Have you previously published on this or a similar topic?:
    No
  • References:
    None
  • Experience and credentials in the specific area of science:

    I hold a Bsc in Zoology and worked on Pathogenesis and epidemiology of Leishmania for my project work.

     

    I hold a Msc in Immunology. During my studies, I developed interest in Infectious diseases that are found in the tropics and read alot about Leishmania, Malaria and HIV. I concentrated alot on the mode of transmission especially for those that are transmitted through vectors.

     

    I developed great interest in parasitology when studying a unit: Immunology of Parasitic and Infectious diseases at Masters Level.

     

    I have been admitted for a PhD in Parasitic Immunology in Kenyatta University 

  • How to cite:  Ongonda J K.Potential Effects of Pyrethrin Incorporated in Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu lemaire (diptera: Psychodidae) in Leishmaniasis Control Strategies [Review of the article 'Potential Effects Of Pyrethrin Incorporated In Sucrose Baits Against Phlebotomus duboscqi Neveu Lemaire (Diptera: Psychodidae) In Leishmaniasis Control Strategies. ' by Tonui W].WebmedCentral 2012;1(11):WMCRW00173
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