Declining malaria, rising of dengue and Zika virus: insights for mosquito vector control

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1747-1754

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a   Mehlhorn, Heinz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Artemisinin; Biological control; Boosted SIT; Nanosynthesis; Sex pheromones; Sound traps; Sterile insect technique; Swarming behaviour; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; VIRUS VECTOR; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; SEX PHEROMONE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; AFRICA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUS; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; CARIBBEAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHEMICAL CUE; CHIKUNGUNYA; CULEX; DENGUE; DENGUE VIRUS; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OCHLEROTATUS; PLANT; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; SYMBIONT; VECTOR CONTROL; WEST NILE VIRUS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZIKA FEVER; ZIKA VIRUS; AEDES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT VECTOR; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY; WEST NILE FEVER;

AEDES; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ARBOVIRUSES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHIKUNGUNYA FEVER; CULEX; DENGUE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTORS; SEX ATTRACTANTS; SOUTH AMERICA; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS; ZIKA VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 84959374604     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-016-4971-z     Document Type: Review

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