RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An Entomopathogenic Fungus for Control of Adult African Malaria Mosquitoes
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 1641
OP 1642
DO 10.1126/science.1108639
VO 308
IS 5728
A1 Scholte, Ernst-Jan
A1 Ng'habi, Kija
A1 Kihonda, Japheth
A1 Takken, Willem
A1 Paaijmans, Krijn
A1 Abdulla, Salim
A1 Killeen, Gerry F.
A1 Knols, Bart G. J.
YR 2005
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/308/5728/1641.abstract
AB 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.