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Science ; 308(5728): 1641-2, 2005 Jun 10.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15947190

ABSTRACT

Biological control of malaria mosquitoes in Africa has rarely been used in vector control programs. Recent developments in this field show that certain fungi are virulent to adult Anopheles mosquitoes. Practical delivery of an entomopathogenic fungus that infected and killed adult Anopheles gambiae, Africa's main malaria vector, was achieved in rural African village houses. An entomological inoculation rate model suggests that implementation of this vector control method, even at the observed moderate coverage during a field study in Tanzania, would significantly reduce malaria transmission intensity.


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Anopheles/microbiology , Hypocreales , Insect Vectors/microbiology , Mitosporic Fungi , Pest Control, Biological , Animals , Anopheles/parasitology , Anopheles/physiology , Culex/microbiology , Culex/physiology , Female , Housing , Hypocreales/pathogenicity , Hypocreales/physiology , Insect Vectors/parasitology , Insect Vectors/physiology , Longevity , Malaria/prevention & control , Malaria/transmission , Male , Mitosporic Fungi/pathogenicity , Mitosporic Fungi/physiology , Models, Biological , Plasmodium , Spores, Fungal , Tanzania
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