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The entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana reduces instantaneous blood feeding in wild multi-insecticide-resistant Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes in Benin, West Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Mosquito-borne diseases are still a major health risk in many developing countries, and the emergence of multi-insecticide-resistant mosquitoes is threatening the future of vector control.
Knols, B.G.J., Bart GJ Knols, N'Guessan Raphael, Howard, Annabel Fv, Annabel FV Howard, Farenhorst, Marit, Howard Annabel FV, N'Guessan, R., Howard, A.F.V., Thomas Matthew B, Thomas, Matthew B., Alex Asidi, Constantianus JM Koenraadt, Koenraadt, Constantianus Jm, Farenhorst, M., Takken, W., Akogbéto, Martin, Farenhorst Marit, Akogbéto Martin, Koenraadt, C.J.M., Thomas, Matthew B, Knols Bart GJ, Takken, Willem, Takken Willem, Asidi, A., Akogbéto, M., Thomas, M.B., Matthew B Thomas, Asidi, Alex, N'guessan, Raphael, Raphael N'Guessan, Knols, Bart Gj, Marit Farenhorst, Koenraadt Constantianus JM, Willem Takken, Asidi Alex, Martin Akogbéto   +36 more
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Effects of croton urucurana extracts and crude resin on Anagasta kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
Hundreds of plant species have been studied in order to find out the active ingredient responsible for their insecticidal activity against the pests of economic importance.
Luciana Barboza Silva, Walciane Silva, Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo, Marize Terezinha Lopes Pereira Peres   +3 more
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Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV)

EFSA Journal, 2021
The conclusions of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authority of the rapporteur Member State, Spain, for the pesticide active substance Spodoptera exigua ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Fernando Alvarez, Maria Arena, Domenica Auteri, Jorge Borroto, Alba Brancato, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Anna Federica Castoldi, Arianna Chiusolo, Angelo Colagiorgi, Mathilde Colas, Federica Crivellente, Chloe De Lentdecker, Mark Egsmose, Gabriella Fait, Varvara Gouliarmou, Franco Ferilli, Luna Greco, Alessio Ippolito, Frederique Istace, Samira Jarrah, Dimitra Kardassi, Aude Kienzler, Renata Leuschner, Roberto Lava, Alberto Linguadoca, Christopher Lythgo, Oriol Magrans, Iris Mangas, Ileana Miron, Tunde Molnar, Laura Padovani, Juan Manuel Parra Morte, Ragnor Pedersen, Hermine Reich, Miguel Santos, Rachel Sharp, Csaba Szentes, Andrea Terron, Manuela Tiramani, Benedicte Vagenende, Laura Villamar‐Bouza   +41 more
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The activity of the pyrrole insecticide chlorfenapyr in mosquito bioassay: towards a more rational testing and screening of non-neurotoxic insecticides for malaria vector control. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: The rapid selection of pyrethroid resistance throughout sub-Saharan Africa is a serious threat to malaria vector control. Chlorfenapyr is a pyrrole insecticide which shows no cross resistance to insecticide classes normally used for vector ...
Franklin W Mosha, Mark W Rowland, Jones, Rebecca, Malone, David, Kitau, Jovin, Jovin Kitau, David Malone, Ngufor, Corine, Rowland, Mark W, Richard M Oxborough, Mosha, Franklin W, Corine Ngufor, Oxborough, Richard M, N'Guessan, Raphael, Rebecca Jones, Raphael N’Guessan   +15 more
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Emerging and regionally novel voltage-gated sodium channel mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance and altered binding affinity in Aedes albopictus (Skuse) from Northern Peninsular Malaysia

Parasites & Vectors
Background The application of synthetic insecticides is the primary means of controlling Aedes mosquitoes in Malaysia, but the efficacy of this method is undermined by the evolution of resistance.
Nurul Adilah-Amrannudin, Kenneth Tan JunKai, Ahmad Faisal Mohamad, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Hasber Salim, Ghows Azzam, Nurul Nadia Manap, Shamsudin Rahman, Intan Haslina Ishak   +8 more
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Assessment of the insecticidal activity of afoxolaner against Aedes aegypti in dogs treated with NexGard®

Parasite, 2017
Twelve healthy dogs were studied in this parallel group, blinded, randomised, and negative controlled efficacy study. On Day -1, the 12 dogs included were ranked within sex in descending order of individual pre-treatment (Day -5) fed mosquito counts and ...
Liebenberg Julian, Fourie Josephus, Lebon Wilfried, Larsen Diane, Halos Lenaïg, Beugnet Frédéric   +5 more
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Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide-treated nets [PDF]

, 2007
Malaria prevention in Africa merits particular attention as the world strives toward a better life for the poorest. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) represent a practical means to prevent malaria in Africa, so scaling up coverage to at least 80% of young ...
Killeen, G.F., Lengeler, Christian, Ferguson, H.M., Abdulla, Salim, Lenegeler, C., Kachur, Steven P, Gerry F Killeen, Salim Abdulla, Smith, Tom A, Christian Lengeler, Heather M Ferguson, Kachur, S.P., Smith, T.A., Hassan Mshinda, Mshinda, H., Abdulla, S., Tom A Smith, Killeen, Gerry F, Lengeler, C., Mshinda, Hassan, Steven P Kachur, Ferguson, Heather M   +21 more
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Efficacy of Chemicals for the Potential Management of the Queensland Fruit Fly Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Insects, 2017
This study investigated alternative in-field chemical controls against Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt). Bioassay 1 tested the mortality of adults exposed to fruit and filter paper dipped in insecticide, and the topical application of insecticide to adults ...
Olivia L. Reynolds, Terrence J. Osborne, Idris Barchia   +2 more
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Review of the existing maximum residue levels for metaflumizone according to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005

EFSA Journal, 2020
According to Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 396/2005, EFSA has reviewed the maximum residue levels (MRLs) currently established at European level for the pesticide active substance metaflumizone.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Maria Anastassiadou, Giovanni Bernasconi, Alba Brancato, Luis Carrasco Cabrera, Luna Greco, Samira Jarrah, Aija Kazocina, Renata Leuschner, Jose Oriol Magrans, Ileana Miron, Stefanie Nave, Ragnor Pedersen, Hermine Reich, Alejandro Rojas, Angela Sacchi, Miguel Santos, Alois Stanek, Anne Theobald, Benedicte Vagenende, Alessia Verani   +20 more
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Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets [PDF]

, 2010
: BACKGROUND: The communities of Namawala and Idete villages in southern Tanzania experienced extremely high malaria transmission in the 1990s. By 2001-03, following high usage rates (75% of all age groups) of untreated bed nets, a 4.2-fold reduction in ...
Beatrice Chipwaza, Bart GJ Knols, Nathan, R., Maliti, D., Chipwaza, B., Knols, B. G., Kihonda, Japhet, Christian Lengeler, Lengeler Christian, Lwetoijera, Dickson W., Killeen, G. F., Takken, W., J Derek Charlwood, Lengeler, Christian, Knols Bart GJ, Maliti, Deodatus, Mwanyangala, M.A., Takken, Willem, Lwetoijera, D. W., Smith, T. A., Killeen, Gerry F., Charlwood J Derek, Lwetiojera, Dickson W., Russell Tanya L, Japhet Kihonda, Lwetoijera Dickson W, Mwanyangala, Mathew A., Knols, Bart Gj, Killeen Gerry F, Charlwood, J.D., Thomas A Smith, Willem Takken, Mwanyangala Mathew A, Killeen, G.F., Mwanyangala, M. A., Nathan Rose, Knols, B.G.J., Chipwaza Beatrice, Nathan, Rose, Deodatus Maliti, Lwetoijera, D.W., Kihonda, J., Smith, Thomas A., Kihonda Japhet, Rose Nathan, Russell, T. L., Charlwood, J. Derek, Lengeler, C., Tanya L Russell, Dickson W Lwetoijera, Gerry F Killeen, Takken Willem, Charlwood, J. D., Mathew A Mwanyangala, Smith, T.A., Russell, T.L., Smith Thomas A, Russell, Tanya L., Knols, Bart, Maliti Deodatus, Chipwaza, Beatrice   +60 more
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