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Since DDT is toxic to mammals generally, it has occurred to several workers that the compound might have a practical use as a rodenticide. It is possible that Macchiavello [386] was first to make the suggestion. The idea is especially attractive because of the extensive use of DDT for malaria, typhus, and plague control, and because murine typhus and plague depend on rodents as the normal host. If an attack could be made simultaneously on the host and on the vector using a single formulation, it would involve increased efficiency and a minimal cost.
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Hayes, W.J., Simmons, S.W., Knipling, E.F. (1959). Use of DDT for the Control of Undesirable Vertebrates. In: Müller, P., Simmons, S.W. (eds) DDT: The Insecticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and Its Significance / Das Insektizid Dichlordiphenyltrichloräthan und Seine Bedeutung. Chemische Reihe, vol 10 . Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6809-9_4
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