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Current control strategies predominantly rely on strychnine-treated bait targeting gerbils. Recently, insecticide-treated rodent bait has emerged as a promising alternative for ZCL control. This study evaluated the village-level impact of feed-through insecticide, involving two intervention villages and two control villages, with outcomes assessed through female sand fly density and\n                      <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection rates.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methodology\/Principal Findings<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study was conducted in the Province of Zagora, southeastern Morocco. Three applications of fipronil-treated bait were performed during July and August 2020. Sand fly populations were monitored through nine surveys per village, with each survey spanning three consecutive nights. Two control and two intervention villages were included. In each village sand flies were collected in three epidemiological relevant locations, i.e., in the field where the application was implemented, and indoors and outdoors in the villages. Blood-fed sand flies were prioritized for analysis to increase the likelihood of detecting\n                      <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      circulation and because blood feeding sand flies are the primary target of feed-through insecticides. A negative binomial generalized linear model was used, with the number of female sand flies as the response variable. Explanatory variables included village status (intervention or control), application number (0, 1, 2, 3), and their interaction. The initial two applications of fipronil did not result in a significant reduction in sand fly density in the sampling location \u2018field\u2019 of the intervention villages (Interaction term: application 1*village type\n                      <jats:italic>:<\/jats:italic>\n                      IRR 0.65, CI95: 0.39\u20141.09; Interaction\n                      <jats:italic>:<\/jats:italic>\n                      application 2*village type: 0.81, CI95: 0.52\u20141.27). Only after application 3, a significant reduction in sand fly density was observed in the \u2018field\u2019 of the intervention villages. This reduction was observed in blood-fed sand flies only. No effect of the intervention was observed on the sand fly\n                      <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection rates. Furthermore, despite processing more than 3,600 sand flies, we did not detect\n                      <jats:italic>L. major<\/jats:italic>\n                      , the presumed cause of ZCL in this region. Yet, we detected the circulation of\n                      <jats:italic>L. infantum<\/jats:italic>\n                      ,\n                      <jats:italic>L. tropica<\/jats:italic>\n                      , and\n                      <jats:italic>L. tarentolae<\/jats:italic>\n                      in the study area.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions\/Significance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This study assessing the impact of feed-through insecticide on sand fly density and\n                      <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection rates in an endemic ZCL area in Morocco found insufficient evidence of impact on sand fly densities to achieve epidemiological relevance. Additionally, the study revealed gaps in the understanding of the transmission cycle, as two\n                      <jats:italic>Leishmania<\/jats:italic>\n                      species other than\n                      <jats:italic>L. major<\/jats:italic>\n                      were identified as potential causes of CL in the area. 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