Field evaluation of an insect growth regulator, pyriproxyfen 0.5% GR against Culex quinquefasciatus, the vector of Bancroftian filariasis in Pondicherry, India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Jambulingam, P ^a   Sadanandane, C ^a   Boopathi Doss, P S ^a   Subramanian, S ^a   Zaim, M ^b  

^a GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^b Prevention and Evaluation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; India; Insect growth regulator; Mosquito larval control; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

PYRIPROXYFEN;

ADULT; CHEMICAL CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EMERGENCE; FIELD METHOD; FILARIASIS; GROWTH REGULATOR; INHIBITION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; TESTING METHOD;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; FILARIASIS; HABITAT; INDIA; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; VECTOR CONTROL; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; CULEX; DISEASE VECTORS; FILARIASIS; INDIA; JUVENILE HORMONES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PUPA; PYRIDINES; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 44649122698     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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