Title |
First report of the infection of insecticide-resistant malaria vector mosquitoes with an entomopathogenic fungus under field conditions
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Published in |
Malaria Journal, February 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1475-2875-10-24 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Annabel FV Howard, Raphael N'Guessan, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Alex Asidi, Marit Farenhorst, Martin Akogbéto, Bart GJ Knols, Willem Takken |
Abstract |
Insecticide-resistant mosquitoes are compromising the ability of current mosquito control tools to control malaria vectors. A proposed new approach for mosquito control is to use entomopathogenic fungi. These fungi have been shown to be lethal to both insecticide-susceptible and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes under laboratory conditions. The goal of this study was to see whether entomopathogenic fungi could be used to infect insecticide-resistant malaria vectors under field conditions, and to see whether the virulence and viability of the fungal conidia decreased after exposure to ambient African field conditions. |
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