Efficacy of Vectobac DT and culinexcombi against mosquito larvae in unused swimming pools in Malindi, Kenya

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 538-542

  Kahindi, Samuel C ^a   Midega, Janet T ^a   Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a   Kibe, Lydiah W ^a   Nzovu, Joseph ^a   Luethy, Peter ^b   Githure, John ^c   Mbogo, Charles M ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Culex quinquefasciatus; CulinexCombi; Vectobac DT

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CULEX; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; SWIMMING POOL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS; CULEX; KENYA; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 61549088474     PISSN: 8756971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2987/5734.1     Document Type: Article

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