[Development and basic properties of the viral preparation viroden]

Laboratory studies demonstrated the effectiveness of viroden preparation in different doses against preimago stages of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. After treatment of larvae of instar 1 at preimago stages about 77% of the insects died. The preparation is stable on storage and resistant to unfavourable environmental factors: sun radiation, heating, pH variations, without significant loss of activity. The study of the host range of densonucleosis virus, the active principle of the viroden preparation, showed that it was not harmful for other animals. Large-scale trials of the preparation in different climatic zones are necessary for the elucidation of its effectiveness against naturally occurring mosquito species.