Mosquito fauna and perspectives for integrated control of urban vector-mosquito populations in Southern Benin (West Africa)

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Lingenfelser, André ^a   Rydzanicz, Katarzyna ^b   Kaiser, Achim ^a   Becker, Norbert ^a,c  

^a German Mosquito Control Association KABS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus sphaericus; Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Benin; Cotonou; Disease vector; Microbial larvicide; Mosquito control; Water dispersible granule (WDG)

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LARVICIDAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VECTOLEX;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BED NET; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; FAUNA; GENUS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES HABITAT; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BENIN; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS SPHAERICUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; FICALBIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955170165     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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