Copulation Activity, Sperm Production and Conidia Transfer in Aedes aegypti Males Contaminated by Metarhizium anisopliae: A Biological Control Prospect.

• Main Authors: Javier A Garza-Hernández (Author), Filiberto Reyes-Villanueva (Author), Tanya L Russell (Author), Marieta A H Braks (Author), Alberto M Garcia-Munguia (Author), Mario A Rodríguez-Pérez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BACKGROUND:Dengue is the most prevalent arboviral disease transmitted by Aedes aegypti worldwide, whose chemical control is difficult, expensive, and of inconsistent efficacy. Releases of Metarhizium anisopliae--exposed Ae. aegypti males to disseminate conidia among female mosquitoes by mating repre...