| [ecology of culex pipiens fatigans larvae in an area of high endemicity of bancroftian filariasis (author's transl)]. | culex pipiens fatigans in the main vector of bancroftian filariasis in the mayotte island (comores) where it imposes an important health problem. the breeding-sites of c. p. fatigans are either man-made (latrines, cesspools, various containers), or natural (polluted water of estuaries of some rivers). the man-made breeding-sites are not similarly distributed in the different localities of the island. their distribution varies according to the customs of the inhabitants, size and site of the comm ... | 1975 | 1096384 |
| cytoplasmic incompatibility as a means of controlling culex pipiens quinquefasciatus mosquito in the islands of the south-western indian ocean. | the use of the bacterium wolbachia is an attractive alternative method to control vector populations. in mosquitoes, as in members of the culex pipiens complex, wolbachia induces a form of embryonic lethality called cytoplasmic incompatibility, a sperm-egg incompatibility occurring when infected males mate either with uninfected females or with females infected with incompatible wolbachia strain(s). here we explore the feasibility of the incompatible insect technique (iit), a species-specific co ... | 2011 | 22206033 |