Studies on the Bacillus sphaericus Larvicidal Activity against Malarial Vector Species in Amazonia

In this work, bioassays were carried out in laboratory conditions (average temperature 26 ± 2ºC) to test ten strains of Bacillus sphaericus, isolated from Brazilian soils against third instar larvae from anopheline species recorded as malaria vectors in Amazonian - Anopheles nuneztovari and An. darl...

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Main Authors: Iléa Brandão Rodrigues, Waderli Pedro Tadei, José Manoel C Silva Dias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1998-07-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000400005