Assessing the optimal virulence of malaria-targeting mosquito pathogens: A mathematical study of engineered Metarhizium anisopliae

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Konrad, Bernhard P ^a   Lindstrom, Michael ^a   Gumpinger, Anja ^b   Zhu, Jielin ^a   Coombs, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal insecticide; Malaria control; Mathematical modelling; Metarhizium anisopliae; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MALARIA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; LARVA; MALARIA; METARHIZIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84892175380     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-11     Document Type: Article

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