Comparative efficacy of Solanum xanthocarpum extracts alone and in combination with a synthetic pyrethroid, cypermethrin, against malaria vector, Anopheles Stephensi

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 256-260

  Mohan, Lalit ^a   Sharma, Preeti ^a   Srivastava, C N ^a  

^a DAYALBAGH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 34249656950     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
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