Tools for delivering entomopathogenic fungi to malaria mosquitoes: Effects of delivery surfaces on fungal efficacy and persistence

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Mnyone, Ladslaus L ^a,b,d   Kirby, Matthew J ^a,b   Lwetoijera, Dickson W ^a,e   Mpingwa, Monica W ^a   Simfukwe, Emmanuel T ^a   Knols, Bart G J ^f   Takken, Willem ^b   Russell, Tanya L ^a,c,g  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; BLACK COTTON CLOTH; CONIDIUM; FUNGUS ISOLATION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYESTER NETTING; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURVIVAL TIME; ANIMAL; BEAUVERIA; METARHIZIUM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEAUVERIA; METARHIZIUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77955937625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-246     Document Type: Article

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