Larvicidal activity of Bacillus sphaericus 2362 against Anopheles nuneztovari, anopheles darlingi and Anopheles braziliensis (diptera, culicidae)

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Rodrigues, Iléa Brandão ^a,b   Tadei, Wanderli Pedro ^a   Da Silva Dias, José Manuel Cabral ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anopheline; B. sphaericus; Biological control; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; BINB PROTEIN, BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; INSECTICIDE;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033094784     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651999000200007     Document Type: Article

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