Eco-friendly control of malaria and arbovirus vectors using the mosquitofish Gambusia affinis and ultra-low dosages of Mimusops elengi-synthesized silver nanoparticles: towards an integrative approach?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 20067-20083

  Subramaniam, Jayapal ^a   Murugan, Kadarkarai ^a   Panneerselvam, Chellasamy ^a   Kovendan, Kalimuthu ^a   Madhiyazhagan, Pari ^a   Kumar, Palanisamy Mahesh ^a   Dinesh, Devakumar ^a   Chandramohan, Balamurugan ^a   Suresh, Udaiyan ^a   Nicoletti, Marcello ^b   Higuchi, Akon ^c   Hwang, Jiang Shiou ^d   Kumar, Suresh ^e   Alarfaj, Abdullah A ^f   Munusamy, Murugan A ^f   Messing, Russell H ^g   Benelli, Giovanni ^h  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Anopheles stephensi; Biological control; Dengue; EDX; FTIR; Green synthesis; Malaria; Nanobiotechnology; TEM EDX; XRD

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE VECTOR; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PLANT EXTRACT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; MIMUSOPS ELENGI; PISCES;

INSECTICIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILVER;

AEDES; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALARIA; MIMUSOPS; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; PUPA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUS INFECTIONS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALARIA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MIMUSOPS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PUPA; SILVER;

EID: 84951567066     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5253-5     Document Type: Article

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