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9383769

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-9
pubmed:abstractText
Two strategies were tested to control Culex quinquefasciatus with Bacillus sphaericus in Maroua (population 130,000), Cameroon. The treatment of all potential breeding sites (27,000) with B. sphaericus during the dry season caused up to a 90% reduction in the adult biting rate. Because of the short persistence of B. sphaericus and the occurrence of new breeding sites, unacceptable levels of adult biting rates were reached again in 5 months. In the second strategy, two treatments per year of the most productive breeding sites (10,000) stopped the biting rate increase during the rainy season. The results were only partially successful because of variations in B. sphaericus toxicity. The first treatment required 1,200 man-days of work vs. 200 for the simplified treatments. The density of breeding sites depends on the rainfall and the presence of a tap-water network. A sustained control program of Cx. quinquefasciatus will depend upon the dynamics of the principal breeding sites and an improved formulation of B. sphaericus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
8756-971X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
263-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Control of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) with Bacillus sphaericus in Maroua, Cameroon.
pubmed:affiliation
Antenne ORSTOM auprès du Centre Pasteur du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroun.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't