A low-cost repellent for malaria vectors in the Americas: Results of two field trials in Guatemala and Peru

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Moore, Sarah J ^a   Darling, Samuel T ^b   Sihuincha, Moisés ^c   Padilla, Norma ^d   Devine, Gregor J ^e  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b Puerta del Cielo Foundation   (Guatemala)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Guatemala)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LEMONGRASS OIL; MENTHOL; TERPENE; TERPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITE VECTOR; PERU; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; EUCALYPTUS; EVALUATION; GUATEMALA; INSECT BITE; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEET; EUCALYPTUS; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MENTHOL; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERU; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

EID: 34548560384     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-101     Document Type: Article

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