Lethal and Pre-Lethal Effects of a Fungal Biopesticide Contribute to Substantial and Rapid Control of Malaria Vectors

• Simon Blanford,

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Mueller Laboratory, Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Merkle Lab, Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Wangpeng Shi,

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Merkle Lab, Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Key Laboratory for Biological Control, China Agricultural University, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China

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• Riann Christian,

  Affiliations Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• James H. Marden,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Mueller Laboratory, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Lizette L. Koekemoer,

  Affiliations Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Basil D. Brooke,

  Affiliations Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Maureen Coetzee,

  Affiliations Vector Control Reference Unit, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa, Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Andrew F. Read,

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Mueller Laboratory, Department of Biology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Merkle Lab, Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Matthew B. Thomas

  * E-mail: mbt13@psu.edu

  Affiliations Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Merkle Lab, Department of Entomology, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Malaria Entomology Research Unit, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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