Laboratory and field evaluation of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss) and Chinaberry (Melia azedarach L.) oils as repellents against Phlebotomus orientalis and P. bergeroti (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Ethiopia

Acta Tropica

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-150

  Kebede, Yosef ^a   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^b   Balkew, Meshesha ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Chinaberry; Leishmaniasis; Melia azedarach; Neem; Phlebotomus bergeroti; Phlebotomus orientalis; Plant repellents

Indexed keywords

COCONUT OIL; INSECT REPELLENT; VEGETABLE OIL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; FLY; LABORATORY METHOD; LEISHMANIASIS; NEEM; REPELLENT;

ARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; LABORATORY TEST; MELIA AZEDARACH; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHLEBOTOMUS; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PROTECTION; PSYCHODIDAE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; AZADIRACHTA; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLYCERIDES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MELIA AZEDARACH; PHLEBOTOMUS; PLANT OILS; TERPENES;

ETHIOPIA;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; DIPTERA; MELIA AZEDARACH; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PHLEBOTOMUS BERGEROTI; PHLEBOTOMUS ORIENTALIS; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 74149084703     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.10.009     Document Type: Article

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