Botanical repellents and pesticides traditionally used against hematophagous invertebrates in lao people's democratic republic: A comparative study of plants used in 66 villages

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 400-414

  Boer, Hugo De ^a,b   Vongsombath, Chanda ^a,c   Pålsson, Katinka ^a   Björk, Lars ^a   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botanical repellents; Ethnobotany; Leeches; Mosquitoes; Myiasis

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; PESTICIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENGUE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MITE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; TICK; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; DENGUE; ENCEPHALITIS, JAPANESE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; LAOS; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MITES; PESTICIDES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CIMEX; CIMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; IXODIDA; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHTHIRAPTERA;

EID: 77951985628     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME09273     Document Type: Article

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