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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Identification of Metarhizium strains highly efficacious against Aedes, Anopheles and Culex larvae

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Pages 487-502 | Received 12 Sep 2014, Accepted 14 Nov 2014, Published online: 20 Nov 2014

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