An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes
An entomopathogenic fungus for control of adult African malaria mosquitoes
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DOI：
10.1126/science.1108639
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发表时间：
2005-06-10
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影响因子：
56.9
通讯作者：
Knols, BGJ
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作者：
Scholte, EJ;Ng'habi, K;Knols, BGJ
非洲疟疾蚊子的生物控制很少用于病媒控制计划。该领域的最新进展表明，某些真菌对成年按蚊具有毒性。在非洲乡村房屋中实现了一种昆虫病原真菌的实际输送，该真菌感染并杀死了非洲主要疟疾媒介冈比亚按蚊成年体。昆虫学接种率模型表明，实施这种病媒控制方法，即使在坦桑尼亚实地研究期间观察到的中等覆盖范围，也将显着降低疟疾传播强度。
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.