Testing fungus impregnated cloths for the control of adult Aedes aegypti under natural conditions

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Paula, Adriano R ^a   Carolino, Aline T ^a   Silva, Carlos P ^b   Pereira, César R ^a   Samuels, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Blood feeding; Dengue; Field testing; Fungus; Insecticide; Vector; Virulence

Indexed keywords

IMIDACLOPRID; SUCROSE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CONIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC FUNGUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLIGHT; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL RATE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMIDAZOLES; INSECTICIDES; MALE; METARHIZIUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883529203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-256     Document Type: Article

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