Field trials of combined use of two species of mermithid nematodes to control Anopheles and Culex breeding in China

Indian Journal of Malariology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 161-165

  Song, Jinzhang ^a   Peng, Yufang ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Culex; Mermithidae; Romanomermis yunanensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHINA; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; MALE; MERMITHOIDEA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; CHINA; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; MALE; MERMITHOIDEA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030325001     PISSN: 03678326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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