2007, Number 2
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Acta Cient Estud 2007; 5 (2)
Biological Control of Larvary Stages of Malaria Vector of Trujillo, Venezuela (Anopheles nuneztovaris) with Fish Poecilia (levistes) reticulata
Benítez JA, Rodríguez MAJ, Lobo H, Villegas C, Oviedo L
Language: English
References: 8
Page: 74-75
PDF size: 40.21 Kb.
ABSTRACT
In this report we summarized the effects of the use of larvivorous fishes in the biological control of malaria, using
Poecilia reticulata against
Anopheles nuneztovaris.
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