Larvicides based on the bacteria Bacillus thuringiensis svar. israelensis (Bti) and
Lysinibacillus sphaericus are effective and environmentally safe compounds for the control …

Dengue incidence continues to increase globally and, in the absence of an efficacious
vaccine, prevention strategies are limited to vector control. It has been suggested that …

We present data showing that structures serving as drains and catch basins for stormwater
are important sources for production of the mosquito arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and …

Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Ls) strains that produce insecticidal proteins show high activity
against mosquito larvae. The most active of these is the binary (Bin) toxin that acts following …

Introduction: Dengue viruses transmitted principally by the urban mosquito Aedes aegypti,
cause one of the major public health problems confronting tropical cities. Insecticide …

Background The near-surface urban drainage system in Shanghai is highly complex, with
hundreds of thousands of catch basins (CBs) and manhole chambers (MCs). Comparatively …

Mosquitoes are of major public health importance throughout the world. Recently, there has
been an increase in mosquito-borne diseases some of which are newly emerging, and …

Abstract Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Lsp) and Bacillus thuringiensis svar. israelensis (Bti)
based biolarvicides have been applied in Culex or Aedes breeding sites in Água Fria, a …

Water samples from 11 belowground stormwater treatment Best Management Practices
(BMPs) were evaluated for their capacity to support rapid development of the West Nile virus …

Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Madurai, TamilNadu, India were evaluated for
their mosquitocidal activity, as well as cry and cyt genes diversity. It revealed that 99% of the …