A large-scale trial in Chennai, India shows effective reduction of Anopheles stephensi populations by the biolarvicide Natular

• Candasamy Sadanandane,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

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• Ananganallur Nagarajan Shriram ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: anshriram@gmail.com, shriram.an@icmr.gov.in

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0996-2447

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• Ashwani Kumar ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ Former Director, ICMR-VCRC.

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2485-7581

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• Mariapillai Kalimuthu,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Ranganathan Krishnamoorthi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

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• S. Selvakumar,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Greater Chennai Corporation, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Annamalai Sakthivel,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

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• Manju Rahi

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Research, ICMR-Vector Control Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, Puducherry, India

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