Potential for the Anopheles gambiae densonucleosis virus to act as an "evolution-proof" biopesticide

Journal of Virology

Volumn 84, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 7726-7729

  Ren, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Rasgon, Jason L ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LATE LIFE ACTING INSECTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS DNA;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE DENSONUCLEOSIS VIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DENSOVIRINAE; DNA, VIRAL; LARVA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL LOAD;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOMBYX MORI DENSOVIRUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954464327     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: 10985514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00631-10     Document Type: Article

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