Comparison of plant products and pyrethroid-treated bed nets for protection against mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Guinea Bissau, West Africa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 144-148

  Pålsson, Katinka ^a   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambae; Daniellia oliveri; Hyptis suaveolens; Malaria; Mansonia; Mosquito repellent plants

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CAESALPINIOIDEAE; CULICIDAE; DANIELLIA OLIVERI; DIPTERA; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; INSECTA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MANSONIA;

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; INSECTICIDES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0033088531     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.144     Document Type: Article

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