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| Title: | Can fungal biopesticides control malaria? |
| Authors: | Thomas, Matt B
Read, Andrew F |
| Issue Date: | 2007 |
| Citation: | Thomas, M.B & Read, A.F. 2007. Can fungal biopesticides control malaria? Nature Microbiology Reviews 5: 377-383 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Abstract: | Recent research has raised the prospect of using insect fungal pathogens for the control of vector-borne diseases such as malaria. In the past, microbial control of insect pests in both medical and agricultural sectors has generally had limited success. We propose that it may now be possible to produce a cheap, safe and green tool for the control of malaria which, in contrast to most chemical insecticides, will not eventually be rendered useless by resistance evolution. Realising this potential will require lateral thinking by biologists, technologists and development agencies |
| Keywords: | biological sciences
immunology |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/2089 |
| Appears in Collections: | Biological Sciences publications
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