Research in mosquito control: current challenges for a brighter future

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2801-2805

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavior based control tools; Botanical insecticides; Culicidae; Mosquito borne diseases; Mosquitocidal nanoparticles; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT;

BEHAVIOR BASED CONTROL; CONTROL STRATEGY; ECOSYSTEM; GREEN CHEMISTRY; MATING; MOSQUITO; NANOFABRICATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; LARVA; PROCEDURES;

CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84938959805     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4586-9     Document Type: Review

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