What are the effects of control of mosquitoes and other nematoceran Diptera using the microbial agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems? A systematic review protocol

Table 1 Bibliographic databases used for searching

Database/platform	Searched field	Publisher and URL
Web of Science^a	Topic	Clarivate Analytics, https://clarivate.com/products/web-of-science/
Scopus	Title, abstract and keywords	Elsevier, https://www.scopus.com/
ProQuest Natural Science Collection^b	Abstract	Proquest, https://www.proquest.com/
CAB Abstracts	Abstract, title, original title, broad terms, heading words, identifiers, cabicodes	Ovid, http://www.ovid.com/site/catalog/databases/31.jsp
Academic search premier	Abstract or author-supplied abstract	EBSCO, https://www.ebsco.com/products/research-databases/academic-search-premier
Directory of Open Access Journals^c	All fields	Independent, https://doaj.org/

^aIncluding Web of Science™ Core Collection, KCI-Korean Journal Database, MEDLINE, Russian Science Citation Index, and SciELO Citation Index
^bIncluding AGRICOLA, Agricultural Science database, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Biological Science database, Biological Science index, Earth, atmosphere & Aquatic Science database, Environmental Science database, Environmental Science index, MEDLINE, Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts, and TOXLINE
^cWildcards are not allowed. The search will be performed using the following Application Programming Interface (API) request: https://doaj.org/api/v1/search/articles/ (nematocera OR midge OR diptera OR mosquito OR vector OR larv OR “black fly” OR “black flies” OR biting OR chironom OR culicidae OR simuliidae) AND (bti OR israelensis OR vectobac OR Introban OR biorational OR biopesticide OR biolarvicide)

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