Microbial control of malaria: Biological warfare against the parasite and its vector

Acta Tropica

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 71-84

  Abdul Ghani, Rashad ^a,b   Al Mekhlafi, Abdulsalam M ^b,c   Alabsi, Mogeeb S ^d  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d HODEIDAH UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Biocontrol; Malaria; Microbe; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FECUNDITY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITE CONTROL; SYMBIONT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FLORA; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENICS; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CULICIDAE; FUNGI; MALARIA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; VIRUSES;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 84855973558     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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