Pathogenicity of some hypocrealean fungi to adult Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1271-1274

  Leles, Renan Nunes ^a   Sousa, Nathalia Almeida ^a   Rocha, Luiz Fernando Nunes ^a   Santos, Adelair Helena ^a   Silva, Heloisa Helena Garcia ^a   Luz, Christian ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HYPOCREALES; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PATHOGENICITY; SURVIVAL; TIME;

AEDES; ANIMALS; HYPOCREALES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952111184     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1991-y     Document Type: Article

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