Infection of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae with the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae reduces blood feeding and fecundity

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-49

  Scholte, Ernst Jan ^a   Knols, Bart G J ^a,b   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.s.; Biological control; Blood feeding; Epidemiology; Fecundity; Malaria mosquito; Metarhizium anisopliae

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; HYPOCREALES; INSECT VECTORS; MYCOSES; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

EID: 29344450383     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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