Development of environmental tools for anopheline larval control
Open Access
- 6 July 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Parasites & Vectors
- Vol. 4 (1) , 130
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-4-130
Abstract
Malaria mosquitoes spend a considerable part of their life in the aquatic stage, rendering them vulnerable to interventions directed to aquatic habitats. Recent successes of mosquito larval control have been reported using environmental and biological tools. Here, we report the effects of shading by plants and biological control agents on the development and survival of anopheline and culicine mosquito larvae in man-made natural habitats in western Kenya. Trials consisted of environmental manipulation using locally available plants, the introduction of predatory fish and/or the use of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) in various combinations.Keywords
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