The effect of entomopathogenic fungus infection on female fecundity of the major malaria vector, anopheles funestus

African Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 725-729

  Mouatcho, J C ^a,b   Koekemoer, L L ^a,c   Coetzee, M ^a,c   Brooke, B D ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; FUNGI;

EID: 81255158292     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4001/003.019.0311     Document Type: Article

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