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Pyriproxyfen for mosquito control: female sterilization or horizontal transfer to oviposition substrates by Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto and Culex quinquefasciatus

BACKGROUND: The use of gravid mosquitoes as vehicles to auto-disseminate larvicides was recently demonstrated for the transfer of pyriproxyfen (PPF) by container-breeding Aedes mosquitoes and presents an appealing idea to explore for other disease vectors. The success of this approach depends on the...

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Autores principales: Mbare, Oscar, Lindsay, Steven W, Fillinger, Ulrike
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4082483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24954695
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-280