A novel method for standardized application of fungal spore coatings for mosquito exposure bioassays

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Farenhorst, Marit ^a   Knols, Bart Gj ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL OIL; ONDINA OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CULICIDAE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 77149120783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-27     Document Type: Article

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