Traditional use of mosquito-repellent plants in western Kenya and their evaluation in semi-field experimental huts against Anopheles gambiae: Ethnobotanical studies and application by thermal expulsion and direct burning

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-231

  Seyoum, A ^a,b,c   Palsson K ^d   Kung'a S ^e   Kabiru, E W ^b   Lwande, W ^a   Killeen, G F ^a,f   Hassanali, A ^a   Knols, B G J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Mawego Technical Training Institute   (Kenya)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Experimental huts; Kenya; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Repellency; Repellent plants; Traditional use

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BOTANY; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; DISEASE CARRIER; GREENHOUSE; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; KENYA; LANTANA CAMARA; LIPPIA UCKAMBENSIS; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM AMERICANUM; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM; OCIMUM SUAVE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; TAGETES MINUTA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ETHNOBOTANY; FIRES; INSECT REPELLENTS; KENYA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLANTS;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARACHNIDA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BASILICUM; CORYMBIA CITRIODORA; HEXAPODA; HYPTIS; HYPTIS SUAVEOLENS; INSECTA; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; LIPPIA; OCIMUM; OCIMUM AMERICANUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM; OCIMUM KILIMANDSCHARICUM; PROTOZOA; SPERMATOPHYTA; TAGETES; TAGETES MINUTA;

EID: 0036064216     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90084-2     Document Type: Article

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